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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 the name of his village?
(a) Oslo
(b) Lucerne
(c) Lescun
(d) Bern

2. How did Jo know where to go?
(a) He looked for the trail Benjamin left.
(b) It was how they went to the summer pasture.
(c) He followed a map.
(d) He followed the directions the widow gave him.

3. Why did Benjamin, Leah, and Jo risk cutting across the open field?
(a) It was their only chance of escaping from the soldiers.
(b) Benjamin was experiencing excruciating pain.
(c) It wasn't much of a risk since the patrols were up the mountain.
(d) They were incredibly hungry.

4. Why was Rouf barking?
(a) One of the sheep was drowning.
(b) The sheep were all wandering off.
(c) A bear was coming by the sheep.
(d) Strangers were coming near the field.

5. Why were Benjamin and Leah running the night before when he was injured?
(a) They were having a race to the border.
(b) They were chasing some Jewish children.
(c) There were soldiers everywhere.
(d) They wanted the exercise.

Short Answer Questions

1. What job did Jo have when the book started?

2. How were the townspeople called together?

3. What did the children do?

4. Why is the man hiding?

5. How did Jo feel about the Widow Horcada?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why was Benjamin waiting at the farm?

3. What job did Jo do , and what advice did his father give him regarding the job?

4. What does Jo have to prove to the widow, and how does he prove it when questioned about what he saw in the barn?

5. How does Laurent get revenge?

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

7. Why does Hubert go to school een though he is too old and what does he do there?

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

9. What do the Germans do that upsets the villagers?

10. How does Jo feel about his father?

(see the answer keys)

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