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

Through their Rabbi in the synagogue.

Why is Kirsti upset when Ellen leaves?

Because Ellen left during the night.

What does Peter give the baby?

Medicine to make it sleep during the trip.

Where are the Johansens when Denmark is liberated?

On their balcony in Copenhagen.

What is the central problem in the story?

Ellen and her family are fighting to protect the Rosens.

How does Henrik keep his passengers hidden?

He hides them under the deck of the boat.

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

By saying her aunt had died of typhus.

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

The king ordered the Danish navy to be destroyed.

Why does Henrik need the handkerchief?

Because it kept the dogs from smelling people.

Why does Mr. Johansen have to stay at home while the rest of his family goes away?

To make it look like the family is there and nothing is odd.

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1
How did the Rosens find out that the Germans had their names on a list?
During an announcement in the public square.
In the Free Danes newspaper.
Through their Rabbi in the synagogue.
Peter Neilson told them.
2
Why is Kirsti upset when Ellen leaves?
Because Ellen was her best friend.
Because Ellen was supposed to make her cupcakes.
Because Ellen left during the night.
Because Kirsti is worried Ellen will not like Sweden.
3
Where did Uncle Henrik live?
Outside Copenhagen
In America
By the sea
In Sweden
4
What two things did Annemarie's parents miss the most?
Cigarettes and meat
Apples and sugar
Cigarettes and coffee
Cream and honey
5
What does Peter give the baby?
A sweater
His Star of David necklace
A kiss and a blessing
Medicine to make it sleep during the trip.
6
Where are the Johansens when Denmark is liberated?
At Lise's grave
At Peter's grave
In Sweden
On their balcony in Copenhagen.
7
How did Lise Johansen die?
She was shot
In a car crash
Of a childhood disease
Run over by the Nazis
8
How do the Rosens keep from being caught by the Nazis?
They hide in the Johansen's basement until the war is over.
They create false identities.
They run.
They escape to Sweden.
9
What is the central problem in the story?
Ellen and Annemarie are not getting along.
Ellen and her family are fighting to protect the Rosens.
Annemarie is afraid of the German soldiers.
Ellen is in danger from the Germans.
10
Who is afraid of the sea?
Annemarie.
Ellen's mother.
The soldiers' dogs.
The old man.
11
What does Peter request in his letter before he dies?
To be buried next to Lise.
That the Johansens will never tell Annemarie how he died
To have his organs donated.
Annemarie make a necklace from the seashell he gave her.
12
How many people are there in Annemarie's family?
4
3
5
2
13
How does Henrik keep his passengers hidden?
He hides them under a pile of fish.
He leaves in the middle of the night.
He hides them under the deck of the boat.
He puts them in a dinghy behind his boat.
14
What popular story did the girls turn into a game?
Robin Hood
The story of Little Red Riding Hood
Gone with the Wind
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
15
How did Mrs. Johansen keep the soldiers from opening the casket?
By distracting them with her cooking.
By saying her aunt had died of typhus.
By saying it was a Danish tradition to keep the casket shut.
By nailing the casket shut.
16
Why did the Germans close Mrs. Hirsch's store?
To keep her from hiding escaped Jews.
So she could go on a picnic with her family.
Mrs. Hirsch is Jewish.
They needed the buttons in the store to fix their uniforms.
17
What does Ellen remove to keep the soldiers from realizing that she is Jewish?
her yarmulke
her yellow patch
her Star of David
a sweater her mother gave her
18
Kirsti wrongly remembers fireworks on her birthday. What really happened?
The king ordered the Danish navy to be destroyed.
Copenhagen was bombed.
There was a huge thunderstorm.
Kirsti had a very high fever and hallucinated.
19
Why does Henrik need the handkerchief?
To keep the baby quiet.
All the fishermen had caught colds.
So he can signal the people who will meet them in Sweden.
Because it kept the dogs from smelling people.
20
Why does Mr. Johansen have to stay at home while the rest of his family goes away?
To finish work on a peace proposal.
To keep the Rosen's apartment clean.
To make it look like the family is there and nothing is odd.
Because he had students he had to teach.

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