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 |