Chapter 1

Consider the following sentence, “​ but Annemarie heard Mama and Papa talk, sometimes at night, about the news they received: news of sabotage against Nazis​ ”

Which word or phrase could replace “​sabotage”​ without changing the meaning of the sentence?

Chapter 2

Consider the following sentence, “​her fingers moved rapidly, turning the thin white thread into an intricate narrow border”

Which word or phrase could replace “​intricate​”​ without changing the meaning of the sentence?

Chapter 2

Consider the following sentence, “​and he never lingered anymore​”

Which word or phrase could replace “​ lingered​ ”​without changing the meaning of the sentence?

Chapter 3

Consider the following sentence, “​ Mama used it too, sometimes, for cooking, because

electricity was now rationed​ ” Which word or phrase could replace “​ rationed​ ”​without changing

the meaning of the sentence.

Chapter 3

Consider the following sentence, “​ For some reason, they want to torment Jewish people​ ”

Which word or phrase could replace “​ torment​”​without changing the meaning of the sentence.

Chapter 4

Consider the following sentence, “​ She took her new shoes, holding them disdainfully, and

put them on the chair,​ ” Which word or phrase could replace “​ disdainfully​ ”​without changing

the meaning of the sentence.

Chapter 4

Consider the following sentence, “​ Their plans have changed,” Mama said briskly.​ ” Which

word or phrase could replace “​ briskly​ ”​without changing the meaning of the sentence.

Chapter 5

Consider the following sentence, “​ It was hours later, but still dark, when she was

awakened abruptly by the pounding on the apartment door​ ” Which word or phrase could

replace “​ abruptly​ ”​without changing the meaning of the sentence.

Chapter 5

Consider the following sentence, “​ Then he turned, the heels of his shiny boots grinding

into the pictures​ ” Which word or phrase could replace “​ grinding​ ”​without changing the

meaning of the sentence.

Chapter 6

Consider the following sentence, “One of them had something stuck in his teeth. ​ He probed

with his tongue and distorted his own face​ ” Which word or phrase could replace “​ probed

without changing the meaning of the sentence

Chapter 6

Consider the following sentence, “​ She had been talking about Kronborg Castle ever since

they had seen it, sprawling massive and ancient​ ” Which word or phrase could replace

“​ sprawling​ ”​without changing the meaning of the sentence.

Chapter 7

Consider the following sentence, “​ Annemarie! Ellen!​ ” Mama’s voice came across the

meadow.” Which word or phrase could replace “​ meadow​ ”​without changing the meaning of the

sentence.

Chapter 7

Consider the following sentence, “​ She asked him, laughing, when they were together,

whether he had found a good wife yet, one who would keep his house tidier​ ” Which word or

phrase could replace “​ tidier​ ”​without changing the meaning of the sentence.

Chapter 8

Consider the following sentence, “​ Suddenly the specter of guns and grim­faced soldiers

seemed nothing more than a ghost story​ ” Which word or phrase could replace “​ spectre​ ”

without changing the meaning of the sentence.

Chapter 8

Consider the following sentence, “​ It is our old custom, you know, for the dead to rest at

home, and their loved ones to be with them before burial.​ ” Which word or phrase could

replace “​ custom​ ”​without changing the meaning of the sentence.

Chapter 9

Consider the following sentence, “​ He rubbed the cow’s neck affectionately​ ” Which word or

phrase could replace “​ affectionately​ ”​without changing the meaning of the sentence.

Chapter 9

Consider the following sentence, “​ Not very,​ ” she confessed, looking at the floor of the barn.

Which word or phrase could replace “​ confessed​ ”​without changing the meaning of the

sentence.

Chapter 10

Consider the following sentence, “​ Annemarie felt a surge of sadness​ ” Which word or

phrase could replace “​ surge​ ”​without changing the meaning of the sentence.

Chapter 10

Consider the following sentence, “​ He relit the extinguished candle​ ” Which word or phrase

could replace “​ extinguished​ ”​without changing the meaning of the sentence.

Chapter 11

Consider the following sentence, “​ After a moment of rummaging through the folded

things​ ” Which word or phrase could replace “​ rummaging​ ”​without changing the meaning of the

sentence.

Chapter 11

Consider the following sentence, “​ There was a slight commotion outside the door, and

Mama went quickly to look out​ ” Which word or phrase could replace “​ commotion​ ”​without

changing the meaning of the sentence.

Chapter 12

Consider the following sentence, “​ It was only the first hint of a slightly lightening sky: a

pale gleam at the edge of a meadow​ ” Which word or phrase could replace “​ gleam​ ”​without

changing the meaning of the sentence.

Chapter 12

Consider the following sentence, “​ the trees whose gnarled roots pushed the earth now

and then into knotted clumps”​Which word or phrase could replace “​ gnarled​ ”​without

changing the meaning of the sentence.

Chapter 13

Consider the following sentence, “​ She hobbled, leaning heavily on her daughter​ ” Which

word or phrase could replace “​ hobbled​ ”​without changing the meaning of the sentence.

Chapter 13

Consider the following sentence, “​ She stroked her mother’s hand and looked down at the

discolored, swollen ankle​ ” Which word or phrase could replace “​ swollen​ ”​without changing the

meaning of the sentence.

Chapter 14

Consider the following sentence, “​ There were no wolves or bears or tigers, none of the

beasts that populated Kirsti’s vivid imagination​ ” Which word or phrase could replace “​ vivid

without changing the meaning of the sentence.

Chapter 14

Consider the following sentence, “​The local doctor was an old man, brusque and businesslike​”

Which word or phrase could replace “​brusque​”​ without changing the meaning of the sentence.

Chapter 15

Consider the following sentence, “​Their muscles were visible beneath their sleek short­haired flesh​”

Which word or phrase could replace “​flesh​” ​without changing the meaning of the sentence.

Chapter 16

Consider the following sentence "The hiding places are carefully concealed, and often we pile dead fish on the deck as well."

Which word could replace "concealed" without changing the meaning of the sentence?