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Chapter Ten: Let Us Open the Casket

 

 

Vocabulary – write what you think the words mean from context clues

 

    staccato (p.83)

 

    condescending (p.84)

 

    typhus (p.85)

 

 

Literal Questions

1. Why did the German soldiers come to Uncle Henrik’s house?

 

 

2.  What was the first test of Annemarie’s bravery?

 

 

1. How did Mrs. Johansen stop the German soldiers from looking in the casket?

 

 

Inferential Questions

1. Why was Peter’s reading from the Bible so important?

 

 

2. Why did Ellen not smile when she looked at Annemarie during the fake funeral?

 

 

 

Opinion Questions

1. What do you think would have happened if the German soldiers discovered the truth about the funeral?

 

 

2.  What do you think is really in the casket?

 

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Chapter Eleven: Will We See You Again Soon, Peter?

 

 

Vocabulary – write what you think the words mean from context clues

 

    encased (p.89)

 

    Godspeed (p.93)

 

    commotion (p.93)

 

 

Literal Questions

1. What was in the casket and why was it there?

 

 

 

2. Where were the Rosens and the other strangers going?

 

 

 

 

Inferential Questions

    1. What did Peter give the baby and why?

 

 

 

2. What was the purpose of Aunt Birte’s funeral?

 

 

 

 

Opinion Questions

1. Why didn’t Mr. Rosen ask what was in the package that Peter gave him to take to Uncle Henrik?

 

 

 

2.  What is in that package?

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Chapter Twelve: Where Was Mama?

 

 

Vocabulary – write what you think the words mean from context clues

 

    gnarled (p.97)

 

    gleam (98)

 

    dimness (p.99)

 

 

Literal Questions

1. What promise did Ellen make to Annemarie?

 

 

2. What advice on walking the trail did Mrs. Johansen give the Rosens?

 

 

3. How did Annemarie pass the time while waiting for her mother?

 

 

 

Inferential Questions

1.  Explain the following thoughts of Annemarie, “It was harder for the ones who were waiting, Annemarie knew.  Less dangerous, perhaps, but more fear.”

 

 

 

Opinion Questions

1. What do you think happened to Mrs. Johansen on the way back from Uncle Henrik’s boat?

 

 

2.  Do you think that Annemarie and Ellen will see each other again?

 

 

 

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Chapter Thirteen: Run! As Fast As You Can!

 

 

Vocabulary – write what you think the words mean from context clues

 

    sprawling (p.102)

 

    vast (p.103)

 

    stricken (p.104)

 

 

Literal Questions

1. What happened to Mrs. Johansen on her way back from Uncle Henrik’s boat?

 

 

2. What had Mr. Rosen dropped at Uncle Henrik’s house?

 

 

 

Inferential Questions

 1. Why did Mrs. Johansen tell Annemarie to act like a silly little girl if

    she were stopped?

 

 

 

 

Opinion Questions

1. What do you think Mrs. Johansen meant when she said that “it may all have been for nothing” when she spotted the parcel?

 

 

 

2. Why do you think Mrs. Johansen didn’t tell Annemarie what she was really carrying to Uncle Henrik on the boat?

 

 

 

 

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Chapter Fourteen: On the Dark Path

 

 

Vocabulary – write what you think the words mean from context clues

 

    donned (p.106)

 

    latticed (p.106)

 

    brusque (p.110)

 

    taut (p.112)

 

 

Literal Questions

1. What fairy tale did Annemarie remember on the trail to Uncle Henrik’s boat?

 

 

2. Describe what happened to Annemarie on the way to the boat?

 

 

 

Inferential Questions

1. Why did Annemarie choose this particular fairy tale?

 

 

 

2.  Why did Annemarie have to be brave when she met the soldiers?

 

 

 

 

Opinion Questions

1. How would you have reacted to meeting the German soldiers?

 

 

 

 

 

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Chapter Fifteen: My Dog Smells Meat

 

 

Vocabulary – write what you think the words mean from context clues

 

    willed (p.113)

 

    insolently (p.117)

 

    caustic (p.118)

 

 

Literal Questions

1. What was in the basket that helped fool the Germans into thinking it was Uncle Henrik’s lunch?

 

 

 

Inferential Questions

1. Why did Annemarie behave like Kirsti when she was stopped by the German soldiers?

 

 

 

2. Why was it good that Annemarie did not know what was in the packet?

 

 

 

Opinion Questions

1. Why do you think the German soldiers stopped Annemarie?

 

 

 

2.  Why do you think the contents of the packet were so important?

 

 

 

 

 

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Chapter Sixteen: I Will Tell You Just a Little

 

 

Vocabulary – write what you think the words mean from context clues

 

    warily (p.120)

 

    concealed (p.124)

 

 

Literal Questions

1. What did Annemarie learn about Peter from Uncle Henrik?  What were the two clues that should have clued Annemarie in about Peter?

 

 

 

 

2. What was Uncle Henrik’s explanation for each of the following:
1. Annemarie not seeing the Rosen’s in the boat

 

 

2. The use of a drug on the baby

 

 

3. The handkerchief

 

 

 

Inferential Questions

1. What would have happened if Annemarie had not gotten the handkerchief to Uncle Henrik?

 

 

 

 

Opinion Questions

1. What do you think life will be like in Sweden for the Rosen’s?

 

 

 

 

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Chapter Seventeen: All This Long Time

 

 

Vocabulary – write what you think the words mean from context clues

 

    raided (p.130)

 

    rejoicing (p.124)

 

 

Literal Questions

1. Why was everyone celebrating in Denmark?

 

 

 

2. What happened to Peter?

 

 

 

3.  What did Annemarie learn about Lise?

 

 

 

 

Inferential Questions

1. What does Annemarie wearing Ellen’s necklace show?

 

 

 

 

Opinion Questions

1. What will the Rosen’s do now that the war is over?