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What is a casket? What was in it?
A casket is a box for a dead body and there were clothes and blankets in it.
What did Annemarie find that was very important?
A packet
Who is Lise
Annemarie and Kirsti's older sister
Who is King Christian X? Is he a great, good, or bad king?
King Christian X is the man who rules Copenhagen. He is a great king acording to the subjects of Copenhagen.
What were Kirsti's shoes made of, what color were they and how did the Rosen's change the color
Kirsti's shoes were origionally made if fish skin and they were green, but the Rosen's helped and made the shoes black
Where did Lise die and where did she live?
Lise died in a car accident. She used to live with the Johansons.
Who did Ellen have to pretend to be?
Lise or Annemarie and Kirsti's sister
When the soldiers knocked at the Johanson's door, and when they found the girls bedroom what did they do to Ellen?
One of them grabbed her hair and asked "who is this dark haired one"
Why did the Nazis believe Ellen was the Johansen's daughter?
Papa showed them pictures of Lise when she was little and she had dark hair.
Who was at the Johanson's house when Mama told Annemarie to come to the living room?
Peter Neilson
When did Lise die? ( what age? Before what?)
She died at 21 years of age 2 weeks before her wedding with Peter Neilson.
What does Lise look like and used to look like
She has a beautiful smile and she used to have brown curley hair.
How did Annemarie get Ellen's neckalace off?
She said "this may hurt" and yanked it off Ellen's neck just in time before the soldiors came in the room.
Who was Mrs. Hirsch and what happened to her shop?
She was a Jew and the Nazis closed her button shop.
How did Lise die
She was in a car accident
Who was Great-Aunt Birte?
She was not a real person.
Where did the title of the book come from?
The Bible
What is the major conflict (problem) in the novel?
The German (Nazi) occupation of Denmark
Why did Ellen come to stay with the Johansens?
The Nazis were going to look for and arrest the Jews
Why does Annemarie's father stay in Copenhagen?
The Nazis will be less suspicious and not think they are trying to leave Denmark.
Why was the handkerchief so important?
The handkerchief had a powder on it that would attract the dogs but then make their sense of smell not work.
How did life change in Copenhagen with the Nazi occupation?
There was a shortage of supplies like milk and butter.
How do the girls think Lise got hit by a car?
They think the road was slippery because of the rain and that the person who hit her could not see the cars or the road
Why did the adults lie to the kids in this novel?
To help them be brave.
What disease did Mama say Great Aunt Birte had?
Typhus
sophisticated
having or showing a lot of experience and knowledge about the world and culture, art...
trousseau
items a bride brings to her marriage
lanky
lean, thin, long limbs
crocheting
make a garment or a piece of fabric using crochet
crocheting
needlework similar to knitting
anxiously, anxious
nervous
trudged
plodded; marched
haughtily
proud, snobbish
obstinate
refusing to change your behavior or ideas
scampered
run with quick light steps, especially through fear or excitement.
Solemn
serious
belligerently
showing angry or aggressive feelings
sneering
smiling or laughing at someone or something with an expression on your face that shows dislike and a lack of respect.
incident
something that happens, an event
lingered
stay in a place longer in the same room
obstinate
stubborn
What is the Star of David?
symbol of the Jewish religion
Why were Annemarie and Ellen stopped? Who were the stopped by?
the girls were stopped becuse they were running. They were stopped by german soldiors
to transport, transportation
to carry or move somethin
to nod
to move your head up and down
impassive
unemotional; indifferent
intricate
very complicated
dawdled
waste tome, being slow
occupation, to occupy
when the military takes control of a place
to exaggerate
when you add things to a story that are not true
defiant, defiantly
when you do not do what you are told
to glance
when you look at someone or something quickly
to recognize
when you see someone you know or have seen before
to refer to
when you talk about something
stubborn
when you will not change
to refuse
when you will not do something
to resist, resistance
when you will not do something
practical
hands on, can do the work easily
unruly
hard to control behavior
contempt
hate or anger
intricate
having many complexly interrelated parts
What are some characteristics about Ellen?
1) 10 years old 2) Annemarie's Best friend- Ellen 3) Good student 4) slow 5) short 6) stocky 7) dark haired
What are some characteristics about Kirsti?
1) 5 years old 2) stubborn 3) pretty 4) has short, tangled, curls 5) Big mouth 6) loves fairy tales 7) little 8) obstinent
What are some characteristics about Annemarie?
1) Ellen's Best friend 2) 10 years old 3) Good student 4) fast 5) tall/ long legs 6) HAD a sister named Lise 7) HAS a little sister named Kirsti
What are the five chapters?
1) Why are you running? 2) Who is the man who rides past? 3) where is Mrs.Hirch? 4) it will be a long night 5) who is the dark-haired one?
What are some characteristics about 'The Giraffe'
1) tall 2) long neck 3) has a pretty little girl of his own 4) interviews people 5) stern voice 6) shiny boots 7) cold eyes
Who are the characters in chapters 1-5?
Annemarie, Ellen, Kirsti, Mr. and Mrs. Johanson, Mr. and Mrs. Rosen,garman soldiors, Lise, Peter Neilson, Annemarie's Uncle.
Why was the button shop closed?
Because Mrs. Hirch was Jewish.
Why did the Nazi soldior tear and break the picture of Lise?
Because he was mad that he did not find any Jewish person and he may not want any more evidence that Ellen is their daughter.
Why did Kirsti need a button?
Because one of her buttons on her sweater came off
Why did the Johanson girls love her so much?
Because she was kind, and beautiful
Why was Ellen "Sleeping over?"
Because the German Nazi's were beginning to take over the Jewish and Ellen was Jewish so the Johanson's had to take care of her
Why did papa tear out the dates of the three pictures?
Because the Nazis may see that the picture of Lise and the date saying 21 years ago and the soldiors may get suspitious.
What was the name of the city the characters lived in?
Copenhagen
kroner
Danish money
What was the name of the country the characters lived in?
Denmark
Where does the first chapter take place?
Denmark- Copenhagen
swastika
German/ Nazis symbol
What did Mama break?
Her ankle
Why do Mama, Annemarie, Kirsti, and Ellen go to Uncle Henrik's house?
Uncle Henrik can help the Jews get to Sweden.
dismay
a feeling of disheartenment; a loss of confidence
What was on the button shop door?
a swastica
curfew
a time required to stay home
What is a curfew?
a time when people must be home and not out
contempt
an intense dislike
sabotage
an underhanded interference with production, work, plans, etc.
residential
area where homes are located
What does relocation mean?
arresting the Jews and taking them away
saracastically
biting humor, saying things in a joking way
defiantly
boldly; rebelliously
tornmenting
cause to experience severe mental or physical suffering.
ration
control the amount one can use
hoodlums
criminals; juvenile delinquents
to sabotage
destroy
intricate
detailed
contempt
disgust; distaste
dubious
doubtful, uncertain or suspicious
What are some of the rationed items from Copenhagen?
electricity, rubber, leather, sugar, coffee, beer, and much more
exasperated
extremely irritated of annoyed
rationed
fixed portion of food or other goods allowed to each person in times of shortages during the wartime