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Lois Lowry

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How did Lise Johansen die?

(A) In a car crash

(B) Of a childhood disease

(D) She was shot

How do the Rosens keep from being caught by the Nazis?

(A) They hide in the Johansen's apartment until the war is over

(B) They create false identities

(D) They escape to Sweden

Why do the soldiers stop Annemarie on her way to Uncle Henrik's boat?

(A) They are looking for escaping Jews

(B) Annemarie looks like little Red Riding-Hood

(D) She is running too fast

What must Ellen remove to keep the Germans from guessing that she is Jewish?

(A) Her yarmulke

(B) Her Star of David necklace

(D) A sweater her mother gave her

Why does Henrik need the handkerchief in the packet?

(A) Because many of the fisherman had caught colds

(B) To keep the baby quiet

(D) So that he can signal the people who will meet him in Sweden

How did the Rosens find out that the Nazis had their names on a list?

(A) Through the rabbi in their synagogue

(B) In the The Free Danes newspaper

(D) Peter Neilsen told them

Why did the Germans close Mrs. Hirsch's store?

(A) They needed the buttons she sold to make uniforms for the army

(B) To keep her from hiding escaping Jews

(D) So that she could go on a picnic with her family

How did Mrs. Johansen keep the soldiers from opening the casket?

(A) By saying that her aunt had died of typhus

(B) By nailing the casket shut

(D) By telling the soldiers that it was the Danish tradition to keep the casket shut

Who is afraid of the sea?

(A) The German soldiers' dogs

(B) The old man

(D) Mrs. Rosen

Where did Lois Lowry get the title of her novel?

(A) From an old Jewish saying: "He who would pass over the ocean must count the stars"

(B) From a psalm

(D) From a Danish children's song

Why must Mr. Johansen stay at home when the rest of his family goes to Henrik's?

(A) To finish work on a peace proposal

(B) To keep the Rosen's apartment clean

(D) To keep the soldiers from being suspicious at their absence

What does Peter request in the letter he writes before he dies?

(A) To have his organs donated

(B) That Mr. and Mrs. Johansen will never tell Annemarie how he died

(D) That Annemarie make a necklace out of the seashell he gave her

Why is Kirsti upset when Ellen leaves?

(A) Because Ellen left during the night while Kristi slept

(B) Because Ellen was supposed to make cupcakes for Kirsti

(D) Because Kirsti is worried that Ellen will not like Sweden

Kirsti wrongly remembers fireworks going off on her birthday. What really happened?

(A) The King ordered the Danish navy to be destroyed

(B) There was a huge thunderstorm

(D) Kirsti had a very high fever that caused her to hallucinate

How does Henrik keep his Jewish passengers hidden?

(A) He puts them in a dingy behind his boat

(B) He dresses them in fish-skin clothing

(D) He leaves during the blackest part of the night

What does Peter give the baby before they leave for Henrik's boat?

(A) A sweater

(B) A kiss and a blessing

(D) Medicine to make it sleep during the trip

Where are the Johansens when Denmark is liberated?

(A) In Sweden

(B) On their balcony in Copenhagen

(D) At Lise's grave

What popular story do the girls turn into a game?

(A) The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

(B) The story of Little Red Riding Hood

(D) Middlemarch

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