The Children of Willesden Lane, chapter 4 TEST

Why did Lisa study the faces of the other children on the train?

• She hoped to see someone from her school

• She hoped to see someone from her neighborhood

• She hoped to see someone from her synagogue (temple)

What was thrust into the train through the window?

• A grenade

• Some food in a basket

• A baby boy in a basket

What did one of the children fear would happen if the baby was heard crying?

• That they'd be accused of having kidnapped the child.

• That they would be blamed for having made it cry.

• That they'd all be thrown off.

Who finally got the baby to stop crying?

• Lisa, because she hummed it "Brahms' Lullaby"

• A 16 year-old girl who had a little brother at home & knew how to hold & nuzzle it.

• Her mother who rushed aboard the train.

• A stony-faced SS (Nazi) officer.

What did all the Kindertransport children in the train car 'scour' it for?

• juice

• milk

• blankets

• A good hiding spot for the child & the basket

Where did the children hide the baby & the basket?

• in a suitcase

• under some blankets

• under Lisa's seat

The sign that the children saw just outside their train car windows was written in Dutch. What country speaks Dutch?

• England

• The Netherlands

• Holland

• Denmark

What did Lisa do to "distract" the stony-faced SS (Nazi) officer & keep him from getting rid of the baby in the basket that he'd 'discovered'?

• She asked him, "Isn't he sweet?"

• She smiled brilliantly & prayed it would distract him.

• She tried to charm him into not reporting or getting 'rid' of the baby.

What did the Dutch (Netherlands or Holland) women come aboard the train carrying & offering?

• Baskets filled w/ fat slices of fresh-baked bread & butter

• Big doughy shortcake biscuits

• A tray of steaming mugs of cocoa

What did Lisa insist the man w/ a red armband from the Dutch Red Cross take to help someone identify the baby as theirs?

• A Star of David necklace

• Its passport

• Its Kindertransport ticket stub

• The wicker hamper (basket)