Characters
Setting
Plot/Story
Language Features
100
Who is Heidi?
Heidi is Hitler's Daughter.
100
Where does Heidi live?
Germany.
100
How do the children travel to school?
They travel to school by bus.
100
What is another word for 'storyteller'?
Narrator.
200
Did Adolf Hitler have a daughter in real life?
No, he was childless.
200
During which war does 'Hitler's Daughter' take place?
Hitler's daughter takes place during World War II.
200
Who is Duffi?
Duffi is Adolf Hitler.
200
A character is described as 'tall and thin'. What do we call words used to describe people or objects?
Adjectives.
300
Who looked after Heidi?
Fraulein Gelber
300
Do the children listening to the story live in the city or rural Australia?
Rural Australia.
300
Which one of the children gets sick during the storytelling?
Ben, he gets the flu.
300
'Grey all over like a saucepan' - is this an example of a metaphor or a simile?
A simile. It compares two objects using 'like' or 'as'.
400
Which character tells the story 'Hitler's Daughter'?
Anna is the storyteller.
400
What does 'rural' mean?
Rural means 'countryside'.
400
Why did Duffi keep Heidi a secret?
She has a birthmark on her face and one leg is shorter than the other.
400
Is this novel written in first person or third person? Why?
Third person. The author writes 'Mark said' instead of 'I said'.
500
Name the three children who listen to the story.
Mark, Ben and Little Tracey
500
Name two European countries that border Germany.
Netherlands, Belgium, France, Switzerland, Austria, Czech Republic, Poland.
500
Where did Heidi go after she became Helga Schmidt?
She went to Australia.
500
Is this story fact or fiction? (Justify your answer with a reason).
Hitler's Daughter is fictional because Hitler did not have a child in real life and the children in the story do not exist.
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