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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