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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What were Annemarie, Kirsti, and Ellen doing on the way home from school? | racing |
| Who stopped the girls on the way home from school? | soldiers |
| How had the war affected people? | The people of Copenhagen could not get certain foods such as butter, coffee, and sugar. |
| Who were Christian X's bodyguards? | all of Denmark |
| What country did the Germans not invade? | Sweden |
| What errand did Mama send Annemarie and Kirsti on? | to buy a button |
| How did Mama react to the news that Hirsch's button shop was closed? | worried |
| Why did the Nazis make the Hirsch's close their shop? | The Hirsch's were Jewish. |
| What made it hard to believe the two girls were sisters? | One was blond and the other was dark headed. |
| What did Ellen wear around her neck? | Star of David |
| When the Nazi soldiers came to the house Ellen removed her __________. | necklace |
| The soldiers that came to Annemarie's house were ________ than the ones on the street corners. | older and more angry |
| Where did Mama and the girls go? | Uncle Henrik's house |
| Papa was using a secret code when he said there were a lot of cigarettes. What did this mean? | The code meant that there were a lot of Jewish people. |
| How did the group travel to Uncle Henrik's house? | by train |
| What was Mama's warning for the girls? | do not speak to anyone |
| What did the family eat for supper? | fish |
| The difference between earlier times and the present at Uncle Henrik's was __________________ | whispering |
| What did the girls find for a pet? | kitten |
| What happened to the butter? | The soldiers took it for themselves. |
| Annemarie thought _________________ when she heard of Great-Aunt Birte's death. | that Great-Aunt Birte didn't really exist |
| When Henrik came home from fishing, he _____________________ | milked Blossom |
| What question did Uncle Henrik ask Annemarie? | Are you brave? |
| Why did Mama and Uncle Henrik lie to Annemarie? | to help her be brave or so she wouldn't be afraid |
| What did Peter give the baby? | a sleeping potion |
| What did Annemarie find in the grass | the package Peter gave to Mr. Rosen |
| After Annemarie left the woods what did she see on the path? | soldiers and dogs |
| What was in the package at the bottom of the basket? | a handkerchief |
| What happened to Peter? | Peter was executed by the Germans. |
| Her best friend was Ellen Rosen. | Annemarie |
| She was engaged to Peter. | Lise Johansen |
| She remembered the fireworks at Tivoli. | Kirsti |
| Named after the "God of Thunder" | Thor |
| He owned a fishing boat. | Henrik |
| He was a Jewish teacher. | Mr. Rosen |
| She owned a button store. | Mrs. Hirsch |
| He was a leader in the Resistance | Peter Neilsen |
| She had dark braided hair. | Ellen |
| She broke her ankle. | Mrs. Johansen |
| staccato | abrupt; disjointed |
| protruding | to jut out from the surrounding area |
| scampering | to run or go hastily or quickly |
| faltered | to move unsreadily |
| taut | tightly drawn; not slack |
| insolently | exhibiting boldness or rudeness |
| confronting | to bring face to face; to cause to meet |
| bleak | lacking warmth or kindness |
| permeated | to become diffused; penetrate |
| synagogue | Jewish temple |