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Chapter 1

Why is Kirsti not afraid of the soldiers?

Kirsti is not of the afraid of the soldiers because she didn't care what the soldiers were doing and she was stubborn. 

How would you have felt if you had been Annemarie when the soldiers spoke to her? Why?

I would have felt scared and confused because I would not have known who they were and why they were there. 

Chapter 2

Do you think King Christian did the right thing when he surrendered to the Nazis?Why? Would you be willing to die to protect the leader of your country? Why?  I think King Christian did the right thing by surrendering to the Nazis because the Nazi army is big and the King Christian's army is small. Yes because if no one protects our leader it would threatened our country.

 What happened to Annemarie's older sister Lise? 

Lise was hit by a car.

How has Annemarie's family changed after the death of Lise?

Annemarie's family changed because after Lise's death they never wanted to talk and think about her because that would make them sad. 

Great Job Ryan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Nice! See you in class! ~Allie G.

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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Annemarie believes that ordinary people like her don't have to be courageous. Do you agree with this idea?

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Yes because not all people have to be good at anything to achieve thier goals. This question asks you to consider being courageous, not using your talents.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">What religion do the Rosens practice? <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> The Rosens practice the Jewish religion.

<span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Predict what you think will happen next in the story. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">

German soldiers will come into the Rosen's house.

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<span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">What are the answers to the questions that are the titles of the first three chapters?

<span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">The answer to the first chapter is that two German soldiers were at the corner of the street and Annemarie and Ellen were racing for thier school race and the soldiers told them to stop and the soldiers asked Annemarie and Ellen why they were running. The answer to the second chapter is the king of Denmark that rides past. The answer to the third chapter is that Mrs. Hirsch got taken away by the German soldiers because she was Jewish. <span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;"> The title of this chapter is "It Will Be a Long Night." Why was it a long night?

<span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">It was going to be a long night because the German soldiers were going to come to Annemarie's house. <span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;"> Why does Ellen spend the night with Annemarie?

<span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">So that the German soldiers can't take Ellen away. <span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">NICE JOB RYAN!!!!!! -ANNA WARD :) <span style="color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;"> <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">

Chapter 5

<span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">Why do the soldiers come to the Johansen’s apartment?

<span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">To find Ellen because the Johansen family is friends with the Rose family. <span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;"> What do you think they expected to find?

<span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">They expected to find Ellen. <span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;"> Why does Annemarie tear the necklace from Ellen’s neck?

<span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">So that the German soldiers cant find out that Ellen is Jewish. <span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;"> When Papa tore the pictures from his photo album, what was he trying to prove?

<span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">That Lise had black hair because Ellen used Lise's name. <span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;"> Do you think Annemarie is brave?

<span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">Sometimes because she talked to the German soldier. <span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;"> Why does Mama want to travel to Uncle Henrik’s house alone?

<span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">So that she wont get caught by the German soldiers. <span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;"> What are Papa and Uncle Henrik really talking about when they talk about “cigarettes”?

<span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">It means that they are going to try to get the Jewish people over to Sweeden. <span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: #000080; border-collapse: collapse; color: #00ffff; display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; text-align: left;">AWESOME JOB RYAN! You are doing so awesome and you are so far! - Sarah <span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">

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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">For what reason is Uncle Henrik’s home a good place to take a Jewish refugee? <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> It is a good place to go because it is out in a woods and at the Johansen's apartment the German soldiers are going to get suspicious. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Describe how you felt as you read this chapter. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> I felt exited because I always wanted to find out what would have happened next. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Were you a little anxious and nervous?

Why are Mama and Annemarie frightened when Kirsti decides to talk to the soldiers on the train?

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Kirsti was about to tell the German soldiers that Ellen is Jewish. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> What do you think the soldiers expected Kirsti to say? <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> The soldiers expected Kirsti to say something that the Johansen family were hiding. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">Chapter 7

<span style="border-collapse: collapse; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">How do Ellen and Annemarie feel as they explore Gilleleje?

<span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">Annemarie and Ellen felt exited to explore Gilleleje. <span style="border-collapse: collapse; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;"> Why is this visit different for Annemarie than other times she visited Uncle Henrik?

<span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">It was different because it was World War 2 and they had to be careful about what they do. <span style="border-collapse: collapse; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;"> Describe Uncle Henrik and Mama’s relationship. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Uncle Henrik and Mama's relationship is very close.

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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> What two statements does Uncle Henrik make that worry or puzzle Annemarie?

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">That Annemarie's great aunt died. Annemarie never heard of her great aunt Birte's name before. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">

Do you agree with Annemarie that Great-aunt Birte doesn’t exist?

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">I do not think that Annemarie's great aunt Birte exists. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> What do you think Uncle Henrik means by “Tomorrow will be a day for fishing”?

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">That Uncle Henrik was going to take the Jewish people over to Sweden.

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<span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Who do you think the ‘mourners” are?

<span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The mourners are the Jewish people. <span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> How does Uncle Hunrik explain to Annemarie why he and Mama lied to her about Great –aunt Birte? <span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Uncle Henrik asked how brave was Annemarie. <span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Find a line from this chapter that shows Annemarie is maturing.

<span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">If Annemarie had known everything, it would not have been so easy to be brave. Ryan, you have a lot of work to do in a short time! Mrs. S. 11/18

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<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">What familiar phrase is in the psalm that Peter reads to the “mourners”?

<span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">He who numbers the stars one by one. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">How do you think most of the people at Uncle Henrik’s house felt during the wake? <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> They probably felt scared of what would happen next. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> How does Mama keep the soldier from opening the casket? <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> By saying that great aunt Birte had typhus. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Reread the psalm and Annemarie’s reaction to the reading of it. What do you think is the significance of the title of this book? <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">

In the psalm the significance of the title of the book was he who numbers the stars one by one. Not quite!

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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">What is in the casket? <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> In the casket was coats and blankets for the Jewish people. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> 2. Why did Peter insist upon giving the baby some medicine? <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> So that the baby will stop crying. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> One possible theme for this novel is that it is easier for people to be brave if they do not know everything. Use an incident that happened in this novel to prove this. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> When Annemarie was at the corner of the street and the German soldiers were talking to her. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Find a section of this chapter that shows Annemarie no longer thinks of herself as the carefree child she once was. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> When Annemarie asked Peter if she would ever see her again.

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<span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Do you think Annemarie will meet any soldiers on the way to Uncle Henrik’s boat? <span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> I think Annemarie will meet some soldiers on the way to Uncle Henrik's boat. <span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> What observations about waiting does Annemarie make in this chapter?

<span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">When the German soldiers were talking to he she was very impatiant. <span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">She says waiting is very hard because she doesn't know what is happening to her mother. <span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Why does Annemarie worry about her mother’s safety? <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">

If the German soldiers went to her house. She was gone too long.

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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Why does Annemarie volunteer to take the packet to Uncle Henrik? <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Annemarie volunteered to deliver the packet to Uncle Henrik because her mom had a broken ankle. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Why doesn’t Mama tell Annemarie what is in the basket? <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> She didn't tell Annemarie because Annemarie's mom did not want Annemarie to worry about what is in the packet but instead worried more about getting the packet to Uncle Henrik.

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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">There is a reference to the story of Little Red Riding Hood in this chapter. Which characters from story are like Red Riding Hood and the wolf? <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Kirsti is the Red Riding Hood and the soldiers are the wolf. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> In this chapter we see that Annemarie is confronted with reality and begins to less of a child. What is the reality she confronts? <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> When the German soldiers stopped Annmarie.

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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">What is your reaction to how the soldiers treated Annemarie? <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Wanting to know what would happen next. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> List three times when the German soldiers are rude to Annemarie. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> At the corner of the street, at Annemarie's house, and at Uncle Henrik's house. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Why does Annemarie act like Kirsti? <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> So that the German soldiers wont get suspicious. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Did anything Uncle Henrik tell Annemarie surprise you? What? <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> That all the Jewish people who were with Uncle Henrik were in a secret compartment on the ship. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">

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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">How does Uncle Henrik define “brave” to Annemarie? Based on this definition, is Annnemarie be considered brave? <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Yes, because Annemarie got past the German soldiers. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> What secret information does Uncle Henrik share with Annemarie about the Rosens? <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> That the Rosens are safe in Sweden. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Describe something funny that happens in this chapter. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> When Annemarie milked the cow for the first time and Uncle Henrik was suprised that the cow didn't kick her. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">

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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">This chapter takes place two years later after the war. How do the Danish people include their Jewish neighbors in the celebration? <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> They had picnics for the Jewish people. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">????? <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> How did Peter die? How did Lise really die? <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Peter was shot and Lise got hit by a military car. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Where does Annemarie hide Ellen’s Star of David necklace?

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">So that the German soldiers will not find out that she was helping Ellen and her family.

<span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">Afterward

<span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">List three events in the story that actually did happen.

<span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> World War 2, Annelise Platt who was a child in Cophenhagen during the German occupation, and the Holocaust. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">

Ryan, I'm glad you were able to finish answering these questions. Check some of your answers. Grade: B