What are the townspeople worried about?

• Would the snow hold?

• Would the Germans actually stay?

• Do the Germans know what is really going on?

• Is Uncle Victor reliable?

Why was it taking so long to transport the gold?

• It wasn't - they were right on schedule.

• The smaller children and girls could not move as much gold.

• the snow had melted and they were carrying it in backpacks

• the Germans began to track them daily

What told Per Garson when there was a change in weather?

• his best friend who was a weather man

• his bones

• the evening news

• the colors in the sky

What did Per Garson also predict?

• a blizzard

• a tornado

• an earthquake

• a hurricane

The blizzard snow kept them

• busy chopping wood every hour so they wouldn't freeze

• made it so they almost starved

• kept them housebound - no one went out

• from talking to one another

Why was Peter cautious when approaching the cave?

• Per Garson had scared him before.

• Helga was missing.

• He did not want to walk into a trap.

• Uncle Victor was hopping mad that all the gold had not been moved yet.

What did Per Garson, Ole and Miles do?

• they made tons of tracks from skis and snowshoes so the children could not be followed.

• they lit a huge bonfire near the German sentry.

• they were roasting marshmallows near the camp.

• they were laid up due to achy bones.

The grownups from Norway did a good job

• of eating during this invasion.

• educating the children about Germany.

• of thinking of everything.

• pretending to be German soldiers.

What did the Commandant tell Peter?

• he needed help from the Norwegians.

• he loved sledding just like Peter.

• if he were a German boy, he would be in Hitler's Youth Army.

• he was a fool.

What did the Commandant think Peter could do here in Norway?

• be his errand boy and come live in the barracks.

• be shipped to Germany to help them with the war

• be a spy for him.

• be a lookout for Germany.