Snow Treasure ch. 1-3

Uncle Victor walked toward the fjord. What is a fjord?

• A dock for merchant ships

• A canyon filled at high tide

• A bay on the edge of an ocean that juts into a cliff

• A finger of the ocean or sea that flows between two narrow cliffs

Peter's family wanted to keep their country's gold bullion hidden. What is bullion?

• High-priced metal in a bar shape

• Flakes of precious metal

• Ground grains of a costly metal

• A valuable metal-gem mix

Which child saw Uncle Victor first?

• Peter

• Helga

• Michael

• Lovisa

What was the Snake?

• A secret fjord

• A sled run

• A fishing boat

• A nearby, small town

What was Peter's first clue that something was wrong?

• The Nazis invaded Norway

• The girls crashed their sleds into the boys' sleds

• His uncle only waved to him

• His uncle never came to Norway

What did Mr. Lundstrom and Uncle Victor want to save?

• Gold coins

• Nine million American dollars

• Their country's money

• Themselves

Who did Uncle Victor think was the answer to their problems?

• Peter, alone

• Mr. Lundstrom

• Peter and the children

• Norway's bank

Where did Mr. Lundstrom go after leaving the dinner table?

• Outside

• To find his brother

• To put on a warm coat

• All of the above

How did the boys and girls sled differently before the crash?

• They didn't sled diffiently

• The girls went straight down the hill, and the boys had just slowed down.

• The boys went straight down the hill, and the girls slowed around a curve

Why was the Defense Club started?

• To organize the children

• To teach self-defense against the Nazis

• To hide the gold bullion

• To keep the children busy