1. What does the family spend the next two weeks talking about and what do Anna's mother and father do after that? What do Anna's parents do everyday?

2. Where does Anna's father go in Chapter 10, and who watches the children when he is gone?

3. What does Onkel Julius have to tell when he visits and why is the family's finances troubled?

4. What birthday does Anna have in Chapter 8, how does she celebrate and how does that go?

5. How does Anna's father feel when he returns from Paris and why? What does he want to do and how does Anna's mother feel about that?

6. Where does Anna's family move from Zurich, who does she meet and what do she and Max do there?

7. What is the family doing at the beginning of Chapter 3 and who helps them?

8. What happens to Pumpel and how does Omama feel about it?

9. What must Anna and Max do before they leave?

10. In what city are Anna and her family's passports checked, and why might this be dangerous?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Onkel Julius has died, apparently committing suicide after being severely oppressed by the Nazis.

1. Do you think suicide is a reasonable answer to a person's problems? Why or why not? Use examples from "When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit" and your own life to support your answer.

2. Discuss the following statement: Suicide is permanent whereas most problems are not. Use examples from "When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit" and your own life to support your answer.

3. What other options do you think Onkel Julius might have had other than suicide? Use examples from the text, from research and your own life to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Onkel Julius visits as well, and explains to them that the Nazis have burned all the books of prominent Jewish intellectuals, including Anna's father's books. Her father even has trouble publishing in Switzerland because the Swiss are so intent on maintaining their neutrality with the Nazis. Nonetheless, their family manages to survive financially.

1. What are the political advantages to burning books for a totalitarian government? Use examples from the text, research and your own life to support your answer.

2. Do you think it was wise of the Swiss not to publish Anna's father's writings? Why or why not? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

3. Some would say by remaining neutral in the second World War Switzerland acted as a coward. What do you think are some of the reasons a country might want to remain neutral in a war? Use examples from "When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit" and your own life to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Characters are an important part of what makes "When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit" interesting. Discuss the following:

1. Thoroughly discuss and analyze Anna. What are her strengths? Her weaknesses? How does she contribute to the plot? Is she a sympathetic character? Is she always likable? Never likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas.

2. Thoroughly discuss and analyze the character of Anna's father. What are his strengths? His weaknesses? How does he contribute to the plot? Is he a sympathetic character? Is he ever likable? Never likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas.

3. Thoroughly discuss and analyze the character of Max. What are his strengths? His weaknesses? How does he contribute to the plot? Is he a sympathetic character? Is he ever likable? Never likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas.

4. Thoroughly discuss and analyze Anna's mother. What are her strengths? Her weaknesses? How does she contribute to the plot? Is she a sympathetic character? Is she always likable? Never likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas.

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