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Why isn't Kirsti afraid of the soldiers?

• They are always nice to her.

• They give her candy.

• She's too young to know better.

• She is older than them.

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Why didn't the Danish army fight the Germans when they invaded Denmark?

• They knew they were outnumbered and would lose the fight.

• They wanted the Germans to take over.

• They agreed with the Germans.

• They didn't have a king to lead them.

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Why did the girls always take a different route to school?

• They enjoyed looking at different parts of the city.

• They didn't want any of the soldiers to remember their faces.

• The German soldiers told them they had to go a different way.

• Their dad said that the "Giraffe" was looking for them.

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What were the "booms and lights in the sky" on Kirsti's birthday?

• They were lightning strikes from a bad storm.

• They were fireworks at Tivoli Gardens.

• They were the Germans' bombs that they used to blow up Denmark's ships.

• They were King Christian's bombs that he used to blow up his own fleet of ships.

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How were the German soldiers convinced that Ellen was not a Jewish girl hiding?

• Mr. Johansen showed them a picture of Lise when she had dark hair.

• Mrs. Johansen threatened that she would tell their commanding officer on them for coming into their apartment uninvited.

• The soldiers asked Ellen what her name was, and she said it was Lise Johansen.

• A neighbor came and told them she was the Johansen's daughter.

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Why were Annemarie and Ellen running down the street?

• They were running away from Kirsti.

• They were running away from the German soldiers.

• They were late for dinner.

• They were practicing for their school races.

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How did the author use foreshadowing at the end of Chapter 2: Who is the Man That Rides Past?

• The German soldiers laughed menacingly to themselves when the King rode past on his horse.

• Kirsti said that her day couldn't get any worse.

• The author said that nothing else could go wrong.

• Annemarie thought that since she and her family were "ordinary people", they would never be called upon for courage.

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Why did the girls go to Mrs. Hirsch's shop, and what did they find there?

• They needed to buy pink cupcakes, but when they got there, they saw that the Hirsch's had gone on vacation to the beach.

• They needed to get more coffee for their mom, but when they got there, they saw that the German soldiers had closed the shop.

• They needed a button for Kirsti's jacket, but when they got there, the shop was closed, and there was a sign in German on the door.

• They needed a button for Kirsti's jacket, but when they got there, the store was out of buttons.

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Why didn't the Rosens get to celebrate their New Year?

• They had to fix Kirsti's shoes instead.

• The German soldiers were collecting and sending away all the Jewish people, so they had to go into hiding.

• They didn't have any food or candles to celebrate.

• The rabbi at the synagogue said that their New Year was cancelled.

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What was Annemarie holding in her hand when the soldiers burst into her room?

• A key to her door.

• A candle that she was using to see in the dark.

• A picture of Lise when she was a baby.

• Ellen's necklace with the Star of David on it.

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