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Alan GratzA modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
Reading Check questions are designed for in-class review of key plot points or for quick verbal or written assessments. Multiple Choice and Short Answer Quizzes create ideal summative assessments, and collectively function to convey a sense of the work’s tone and themes.
Reading Check
1. Who is Josef Landau? What time period does he live in and where is he in his first chapter?
2. Who comes into Josef’s house in the middle of the night? Why?
3. What was Kristallnacht?
4. Who is Isabel? What time period does she live in and where is she in her first chapter?
5. What are Ivan and his father doing in their shed?
6. Who is Mahmoud? What time period does he live in and where is he in his first chapter?
7. Why are the Landaus headed to Hamburg on a train?
8. What happens while Mahmoud and his family are praying in their home? What does Mahmoud’s father suggest the family do?
9. What is a bar mitzvah? Where will Josef have his bar mitzvah?
Multiple Choice
1. Which sentence below best describes how Josef feels about his Jewish heritage while on the train to Hamburg?
A) He feels he is intrinsically different compared to German children.
B) He is ashamed of his family and religion.
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