The Children of Willesden Lane, chapter 15 TEST

Why did Mrs. Cohen call the residents of the hostel together for a brief meeting?

• to tell them where they would be sent until the hostel could be repaired

• to tell them that Hans hadn't made it through the bombing

• to tell them that the piano had been destroyed in the bombing

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Who came to 'claim' Lisa & take her into her home temporarily?

• Lisa's mother, Malka!

• Mrs. Canfield, their Quaker neighbor & member of the Religious Society of Friends

• Mrs. Glazer, the blonde Czechoslovakian cook

• Myra Hess, British pianist

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How did Aaron signal to Lisa that he was there to see her?

• he whistled the melody of the Grieg piano concerto from outside her bedroom window

• he threw some small pebbles at her upstairs window

• he knocked on Mrs. Canfield's door & asked to see her

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Where did Aaron invite Lisa to?

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• To see Myra Hess, the British pianist, perform at the National Gallery in Trafalgar Square

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How did Lisa convince her boss at Platz and Sons, the garment factory, to let her go meet Aaron?

• she cried

• she lied to him and said that it was her birthday & that she needed to renew her "alien registration card"

• she quit her job

• she said she needed to observe her/a Jewish holiday

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What did Lisa notice Aaron was doing during the concert when she "snuck" a look at him?

• sleeping

• crying

• playing an imaginary piano

• singing along

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What was Gina going to be allowed to do, besides babysit?

• learn to play the piano

• marry her eldest son

• go to school in the morning

• tailor all of the lady's clothes

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What did Lisa lay out in hopes that Aaron might call on her again?

• shoes

• her coat

• a muffler

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Paul was interned on the Isle of Man but he was looking forward to doing what in six months?

• being allowed to beat up all the Nazi spies that were interned with him

• enlist in the army

• being released

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Why did Aaron's father commit suicide?

• because his sense of worth had been stolen from him unfairly

• the Nazis drowned him in the Rhine

• because the bridge he had designed collapsed

• because his wife was planning on divorcing him