Operation Pied Piper

Multiple Choice

What was Operation Pied Piper?

• A folk tale retold during WWII

• a plan to evacuate children from cities during WWII

• a military attack during WWII

• A storybook for children during WWII

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How was the relationship between the speaker and his sister before the war?

• They were best friends,

• The sister admired her brother.

• They fought all the time.

• The speaker loved his sister.

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How old was the speaker when he had to evacuate with his sister?

• nine

• seven

• seven and a half

• nine and a half

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How did their relationship change after the evacuation?

• They hated each other.

• They never saw each other again.

• The fought a lot.

• The boy took care of his sister and they were close.

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What country was Germany invading on the day of the evacuation?

• England

• Denmark

• Austria

• Poland

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What did the boy take with him?

• toothpaste and shoes

• toothbrush and shorts

• shorts and a jacket

• a suit and a tie

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When did the parents expect to see their children again?

• never

• the next summer

• during Christmas

• during Easter

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How many times had the government had such an evacuation before?

• Once

• twice

• never

• four times

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The governments job was to safely transport ........across the country.

• hundreds

• millions

• thousands

• billions

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So how was such a mammoth task accomplished? The word mammoth in this question means......

• very difficult

• very big

• very small

• very complicated

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When were the evacuations?

• Between 1939-1945

• Between 1922-1929

• Between 1930-1933

• between 1931-1938

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Where was Ron McGill heading with his school children?

• Reading

• Ramsgate

• Redhill

• Retford

Drag and Drop

It was a huge ​

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exercise that ​

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tens of thousands ​

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helpers.

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

logistical

required

volunteer

Match

Match the following words and meaning

• huge

• logistical

• exercise

• required

• volunteers

geysimikil

skipulags

æfing

þurfti

sjálboðaliða

• geysimikil

• skipulags

• æfing

• þurfti

• sjálboðaliða

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How were the children evacauated?

• by planes

• by automobile

• by ship

• by train

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The number of evacuees that could be taken in depended on...

• the number of volunteers.

• the number of rooms available.

• the number of teachers who helped.

• how much money they had.

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How much did a foster parent get for taking care of the first child?

• 10 shillings and six pence

• 6 shillings and 10 pence

• 8 shilling and 10 pence

• 8 shilling and 6 pence

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Evacuations were.....

• compulsory

• dangerous

• well organised

• voluntary

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What was the propaganda campaign about?

• Taking arms against Hitler

• Evacuating the children to safety

• Sending mothers to fight in the war.

• Sending the children to work with farmers.

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What convinced parents to send their children away?

• The fear of air raids.

• Urban schools closing and taking the children to the rural area.

• The propaganda campaign.

• All of the above

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The children's luggage was......

• very heavy

• filled with toys

• limited

• empty

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Most of the poorer kids had never been to the countryside before.

• True

• False

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All the children were treated well by their foster family and they didn't miss their family.

• True

• False

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What was some of the problem the children had that came from the cities?

• They were sick with the flu.

• They had lice.

• They had no shoes on.

• They were all very hungry.

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What did the evacuation draw attention to?

• How poor people were in the cities during that time.

• How schools were unnecessary.

• How rich people only lived in the countryside.

• How children are survivors.

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As a parent would the speaker send his children away?

• Yes, because it is an adventure.

• No, because children are too vulnerable.