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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the date of the anniversary of the French revolution?
2. What does a Jewish actor bring to Anna's family that belonged to Onkel?
3. What does the woman in question #97 have a difficult time doing?
4. What does Anna decide after she reflects on her childhood?
5. Why do the visitors give Sarah cloth?
Short Essay Questions
1. What has Anna decided to do and why does she have some fear about her decision?
2. With is Anna's mother learning to do and with what does she have some problems?
3. What is Anna's class like and how are her first attempts at her school assignments?
4. How does Anna's father feel about the cloth her mother gets and why?
5. What does Anna's father buy her mother and why does he buy it?
6. What relative does Anna's mother take her to see and why is communication difficult? Why is that relative in France?
7. How does Anna's mother get some cloth for clothing?
8. Why does Anna see more of her father?
9. How is Anna's father's job going, and what does she do that pleases him?
10. Explain the French elementary school exam.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss one of the following:
1. Trace and analyze the theme of growth in "When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit". Consider the following questions as you write: What characters are most concerned with growth? Why? What are some symbols of growth? Symbols of rigidity? What characters seem rigid?
2. Trace and analyze the theme of individual freedom in the book. Which characters struggle with this issue? Why? Which characters seem to possess individual freedom? Why?
3. Trace and analyze the theme of tradition in the text. What is Anna's father view of tradition? Anna's mother? Anna's? Why is tradition important to some characters? Is anyone willing to abandon traditional viewpoints? Who? What are the positive and negative sides to holding fast to tradition?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the following:
1. What is a plot? What are the most important elements of a plot and their definition? Do all novels have a plot? Why or why not?
2. Write a brief synopsis of the plot of "When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit", identifying where the various elements of the plot occur (Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution or denouement). Do you find it difficult to identify the plot? Why or why not? What about the various elements of the plot?
3. Identify the major sub-plots and their elements in the book. (The subplots may not contain every element of a major plot). Do the sub-plots add to the main plot? Why or why not. Are the sub-plots interesting in and of themselves? Why or why not.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the following:
1. Why do you think it is important that "When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit" was written? Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.
2. Do you think the story accomplished what the author set out to do? Why or why not? Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.
3. Explain why you might or might not read another book by this author about another young Jewish person. Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.
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