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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Laurent ask Jo to be his accomplice?
(a) Jo was great at making strategies.
(b) Jo had a deep voice.
(c) Jo never got in trouble.
(d) Jo always went along with his schemes.

2. Why was Jo able to go to the widow's house?
(a) Hubert came along and watched the sheep for him.
(b) He played hooky from school.
(c) His grandfather sent him up on an errand.
(d) His mother gave him the afternoon off.

3. Why was the widow concerned about Benjamin?
(a) He was weak.
(b) He didn't know how to survive in the mountains.
(c) He had a tendency to talk too much.
(d) He should have been back by then.

4. What happened to Anya?
(a) She was injured and a relative was taking care of her.
(b) She was killed.
(c) She got a job.
(d) She became separated from her father.

5. How did Maman and Grandpere respond when Jo asked them why the Germans wanted to kill the Jews?
(a) They refused to talk or look at him until he changed the subject.
(b) They told him to ask questions like that.
(c) They said Hitler was jealous of the Jews since they were God's Chosen People.
(d) They didn't know, and they said the Germans made up their rules as they went along.

6. What did Jo do after the man walked off?
(a) He went back to the sheep.
(b) He followed him.
(c) He sat down to think for a while.
(d) He went back home.

7. Who helped Jo with the sheep after the soldiers came to town?
(a) The widow
(b) His sister
(c) His mother
(d) His grandfather

8. Who did the townspeople thank?
(a) Father Lasalle
(b) The Mayor
(c) Jo
(d) Grandpere

9. What do Benjamin and the widow need?
(a) A translator
(b) Money
(c) More children
(d) Hired help

10. Who did Jo find at the widow's house when he went to warn her about the home inspections?
(a) Hubert
(b) Grandpere
(c) Laurent
(d) Rouf

11. What does the widow know about Jo's father?
(a) She knows he is dead.
(b) She knows that he is coming home soon.
(c) She knows he is a prisoner-of-war.
(d) She knows that he is a vegetarian.

12. How many children were in the barn when the cow went dry?
(a) 2
(b) Ten
(c) Just Leah
(d) 5

13. What did all the townspeople have to give up?
(a) Their jewelry
(b) Their jobs
(c) Their guns
(d) Their religion

14. Where was the man from?
(a) Paris, France
(b) America
(c) Germany
(d) Switzerland

15. What did the widow ask if Jo could do?
(a) Leave the room
(b) Carry her purchases home for her weekly
(c) Wash her car
(d) Check on her horse

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Grandpere bring home from Widow Horcada's?

2. What did the situation make Benjamin determined to do?

3. Who was Christine?

4. How would Benjamin disguise himself at the farm?

5. Who unexpectedly followed Jo when he took Grandpere up to the widow's house?

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