Rose Blanche

What is the setting of this story?

• Norway

• Denmark

• Germany

Why do the soldiers wink at the school children.

• The soldiers have dust in their eyes

• The soldiers assume the children will like them.

• The soldiers are sending a secret distress call.

Why will soldiers not slow down for children crossing the road?

• They believe they're important and should be respected.

• They are on secret missions.

• They don't like children.

Why does the author include the detail about the beautiful river?

• To show that the town is good

• To contrast it with the concentration campl

• To create a conflict with nature

Who or what is in the trucks that the soldiers drive through town?

• Soldiers enlisting in the army

• POW's from other countries heading to prisons

• Jews being transported to concentration camps

Why does the author include the detail of the mayor stopping the Jewish boy?

• To show that the leaders are corrupt

• To show the power a mayor has

• To show that the mayor is trying to help the Jews

After the mayor gives the Jewish boy back to the German soldiers, the author states "The sky was gray." Why?

• He is showing that the weather is making people do mean things.

• He is using the weather to symbolize the despair of the country.

• He is foreshadowing the harsh German winter.

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Why does the author include the detail that the streets are crowded as Rose follows the truck?

• To show that most Germans ignored the suffering of the Jews.

• To show how dangerous it was for her to follow the truck.

• To show that the town is growing thanks to Hitler.

Why does the story take place in winter?

• To make it harder for Rose to find the concentration camp

• To symbolize a lack of hope for Jews as millions are dying

• To foreshadow that the soldiers will die

Why does the author include the details that Rose was taking more food to school but growing thinner.

• To foreshadow that she was giving food to the children in the concentration camp

• To show that she was getting sick from all of her trips to the camp