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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Grandpere talking with the German soldier about?
(a) Camping
(b) His son in the prison camp
(c) They had most likely fought against each other when they were young.
(d) What to do about Jo

2. Who did Jo encounter as he looked for Benjamin?
(a) His sister
(b) The corporal
(c) Grandpere
(d) A German patrol

3. Who came to help Jo?
(a) The men in the town came to help with their dogs.
(b) Nobody
(c) Everyone in the town-even mothers and children
(d) The children

4. What were the Germans in the village like?
(a) They were sadistic.
(b) They were easily walked over.
(c) Unobtrusive
(d) They were tyrants.

5. Where were Benjamin and Leah hiding?
(a) Up in a tree
(b) In the swamp
(c) In an abandoned car
(d) In a cave by the stream that they used as a donkey shed

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Hubert think of the soldiers?

2. What did the widow ask if Jo could do?

3. Where was Jo's father?

4. Who comes back to visit the man?

5. What was the name of his village?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why were the soldiers in the town?

2. Why was Benjamin waiting at the farm?

3. When Jo goes to warn the widow about the soldiers, what does he discover?

4. How does Laurent get revenge?

5. Why didn't Benjamin and Leah come home?

6. What happens to Jo when he goes to warn Madame Horcada?

7. What is the situation at Madame Horcada's regarding the Jews?

8. How does Madame Horcada ensure that the boy can still visit her?

9. Jo vaguely remembers seeing the man once before. What was that situation?

10. Why did Jo follow the man, and what did he discover?

(see the answer keys)

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