Characters
The character that acts as a mother.
Ruth
The main conflict in the novel (also a theme)
War
The Balicki's lived in which capital city.
Warsaw
What concentration camp does Joseph escape from?
Zakyna
What is Joseph's wife's full name?
Margaret Balicki
Jan personifies this theme.
Good and evil.
Edek was taken by the police/soldiers to...
Germany
What is the does Joseph say when asked by a soldier "Where are you going?" (7)
"Shangri La" (7)
Who is the hyena?
Ludwig
Ruth, Edek and Bronia's escape over the roof tops is an example of this theme.
Courage.
In which city does Jan meet Bistro?
Berlin
Captain Greenwood's age.
42
The brother of Hans.
Rudolf
The quote "patiently and without despair Ruth set to work to repair the damage" (44) is an example of this theme.
Perseverance.
Which river do the children canoe down.
The Falken river.
What is Ruth holding behind her back when she brings Jan into the courtroom in Chapter 18?
A stick.
Who is the prosecutor at Edek's/Jan's trial for train robbery?
Liutenant James
Every character portrays this theme but in different ways.
Faith.
Kurt Wolff's farm is located high up in which country's hills?
Bavaria
When the children are saved and on the boat at the end of the novel Jan says "They're a feeble lot, the Balicki's...they would have drowned if it hadn't been for me. Ruth...you use an oar like a ______ ______" (168)
soup spoon