Vocabulary
To limit portions, as in food.
Rationed
Why the handkerchief was importat?
It contains a substance to distract the dog's smell.
What is the name of uncle Henrik's milk cow?
Blossom
What is the name of the cat?
Thor
What is the name of the author of the book?
Lois Lowry
Relatively to a large size.
Bulky
Why does Annemarie need to go to the boat?
To give the packet with the handkerchief to uncle Henrick.
She is the protagonist of the story. She lives in Copenhagen, Denmark with her mother, father, and younger sister.
Annemarie
Why does Annemarie pretend to be Little Ridding Red Hood?
To distract the soldiers.
What was the name of the beautiful garden where people sat and watched the fireworks?
Tivoli Garden
Another name for a coffin.
Casket
How do the Johansens convince the soldiers Ellen is their daughter?
They show a picture of Lise, and she has dark hair when she was a baby.
A fiercely brave woman committed to resisting the fascist regime which has occupied her city and threatened her closest friends.
Mrs. Johansen, mama
Copenhagen
Which two countries does the story take place in?
Denmark and Sweden.
Destructive action by an enemy.
Sabotage
Why does Peter give the baby some drops?
To prevent the baby from crying and being discovered by the German soldiers.
This character is a man who has a boat, and does not have a wife?
Uncle Henrik
Why does Kristy hate her new shoes?
They were made of skin fish.
Who was the leader of the German Soldiers?
Adolf Hitler
A place of worship for Jewish people?
Synagogue
In chapter 10 what Mrs. Johansen told the German soldiers so they do not open the casket?
Aunt Bertie die from typhus, a contagious disease.
Who is Lise and what happened to her?
Lise is Annemarie's older sister and she dies when she was working for the resistance.
Annemarie shook her head. "Not in a million years." Is this an example of figurative language? Which one?
Yes, hyperbole.
What is the genre of the Story?
Historical- fiction