The Children of Willesden Lane Chapters 1-3

Where does Lisa Jura live?

• Salzburg, Austria

• Munich, Germany

• Tel Aviv, Israel

• Vienna, Austria

Answer explanation

Vienna is a center for art and culture in Europe.

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On her way to a piano lesson, Lisa discovered that the street named "Mahler-Strasse" was renamed by the Nazis to be "Meistersinger-Strasse" because

• they wanted to have more modern names for the streets.

• they did not approve of a street being named after a Jew.

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Who was standing in the doorway as Lisa approached Professor Isseles's music studio?

• her sister

• Professor Isseles's assistant

• a Nazi soldier

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Professor Isseles had arthritis and could no longer play the piano. How did he demonstrate proper piano technique to Lisa and his other students?

• He showed them a video of proper technique.

• He would play recordings in his gramophone.

• He had his assistant show the proper technique.

• He showed them diagrams.

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When Professor Isseles told Lisa that the Nazis would not allow her or other Jews to take music lessons, he gave her what gift to say goodbye?

• A music book

• Flowers

• A gold chain with piano charm

• A journal

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Who would teach Lisa piano when the Nazis prevented her from taking lessons from Professor Isseles?

• her sister Sonia

• her sister Rosie

• her father

• her mother, Malka

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Why was Lisa's mom, Malka, upset with her father, Abraham?

• because he stayed out late playing cards

• because he worked too much

• because he wore tattered clothing

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What happened as the Jura family prepared for Shabbat (Sabbath)?

• The neighbors rang the doorbell.

• Nazi troops trashed shops and threw Mr. Mendelsohn into a plate-glass window.

• Hitler paraded down the street in the back of a Jeep.

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What was the bucket brigade?

• people who went out to clean up after a Nazi riot

• women to went to clean their neighbors' apartments

• people who took buckets through Vienna to collect money

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What did the Nazis do to the synagogue (place of worship)?

• They kidnapped the Rabbi.

• They boarded up the windows.

• They threw the scrolls and the Torah (scripture) in the street and set them on fire.

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