The Pianist

What does "vermin" mean?

• cattle

• homeless people

• rats and other pests

• crowds

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

When did Germany invade Poland?

• August 1939

• August 1938

• August 1937

• August 1936

Why does the author say that "moral among the population was high..." days after war is declared?

• The Poles were happy to see Germans arrive.

• The Poles thought the Germans would easily be defeated.

• The Poles liked war.

• The Poles felt like they had a motive to fight hard.

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CCSS.RI.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Why did the Szpilman family move in with friends?

• The father lost his job.

• The Germans took over their apartment.

• They wanted to be with people they liked.

• To be able to get the air-raid shelter easier.

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CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.RI.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What did the Germans promise the Polish Jews after taking control of Warsaw?

• They would be free soon.

• The Germans were their friends.

• Security, rights and that their property would be safe

• The war would soon be over.

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CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.RI.9-10.2

What does the author say made the Poles hate the Germans?

• The invasion of Poland by the Germans.

• The execution of the first 100 innocent citizens of Warsaw.

• The lies they told to the Jews.

• The fact that they stole property from the Jews.

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CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.RI.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

What were Jewish men required to do when encountering a German soldier?

• Shake his hand

• Avoid eye contact

• Bow

• Stop until they passed

In the novel Wladyslaw refers to "the German way of death". What is "the German way of death"?

• torture

• hanging

• shooting

• electrocution

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which of the following are true?

• The Pianist is setting in Poland during World War II

• The family in the novel is Jewish

• The main character and several family members are musicians

• The main character dies at the hands of the Germans

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

In the story, ___________ made the author cry for the first time during the war.