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| Who is the author of the novel? | Uri Orlev |
| Who is Henryk? | the wounded soldier who Alex cared for |
| Who is Martha? | the girl who gave Alex her hairpin |
| Who are the Gryns? | the family who shared the apartment with Alex and his father |
| Who is Boruch? | the close friend of Alex's father who was the store manager at the rope factory |
| Who is Yossi? | the youngest and nicest of all the Gryns |
| How is the doctor important to the plot? | the doctor helps Alex and Henryk |
| Who is Freddy? | the soldier with Henryk |
| Whoi s Bolek? | he befriends Alex |
| What kind of pistol did father own? | 1934 Italian Beretta |
| Which Ghetto did mother visit and never return? | Ghetto A |
| For how long had mother been missing at the beginning of the novel? | One week and a half |
| Who had been a member of the army boxing team? | father |
| For how long had the war been going on at the beginning of the story? | three years |
| What world war was in progress during the novel? | World War II |
| According to father what was the difference between World War I and World War II? | In World War I Jews were not killed |
| What did the Germans do with bronze doorhandles on the homes of the Jews? | The Germans confiscated the doorknobs, melted them, and made guns. |
| To what person was Old Boruch compared? | King Solomon |
| Where did father keep his pistol at night? | He slept with the pistol under his pillow |
| What did Boruch keep hidden in his shoe? | a knife |
| Why was it okay to fight unfairly against the Germans? | The Germans broke the rules first |
| If something happened to one German, how many Jews were killed? | hundreds: men, women, and children |
| When hundreds of innocent Jews were killed because one German died, what was that called? | a retaliatory action |
| What is the difference between Napoleon and Hitler? | Hitler bulit factories to kill Jews |
| What does Boruch say about taking Hitler out of the history books? | That would be wrong because the people need to remember this tragedy |
| Who was the companion that kept Alex company in hiding? | Snow, the mouse |
| Who hates mice? | Boruch |
| When was Alex allowed out of the hideout at night? | When father came home from work and signaled him |
| What is the definition of Zionism? | Zionism is the love of Israel and the belief that all Jews should return there |
| Who believed strongly in Zionism? | mother |
| How did mother feel about Poland? | She said it wasn't friendly like the Palenstine homeland |
| What is a Zionist according to father? | A rich Jew who ships a poor Jew off to Palenstine |
| Who believed that it didn't matter where you lived or what race you were? | father |
| What happens to believe you deny their roots? | They grow up sad and twisted |
| Who, according to mother, denied their roots? | the Poles |
| What was Alex's greatest fear? | That his father would be caught and he would be left alone in the ceiling or the bunker |
| What is a selection? | When Jews were rounded up and some where kept to work and other transported to the death camps |
| Who didn't stand a chance in selections? | Children, old people, or parents with children |
| Who was worst than the Germans? | Rats or Jewish informants |
| What did Boruch consider a "golden opportunity"? | To did for something or someone you loved |
| What three tools where found on father by the Germans during the Selection? | pliers, hammer, and a saw |
| What is the inferred outcome of Boruch's fate during the selection? | He was killed |
| What does father tell Alex "counts the most" when you have a pistol? | The element of surprise |
| According to Alex and father what was the greatest war novel of all times? | By Fire and Sword |
| Why did Alex remember number 78 Bird Street? | That was where the children played hide and seek |
| At one time how many floors did 78 Bird Street have? | six |
| What was different about the Polish stores? | They had more and it was sold much cheaper |
| What were the Poles taught about the Jews? | They crucified Christ, they were cheats, thieves, and loan sharks |
| When is it easier to hate? | When the person is a stranger |
| How did Bird Street get its name? | Before cars when there were horse drawn carriages the street was filled with thousands of birds |
| How long is a human generation according to Boruch? | forty years |
| Why was it said that Alex was born lucky? | Alex was born with a hat on |
| "A hat on" was methaphorical for what? | Alex was born with part of the sac from his mother's womb on his head |
| Name Alex's three teachers. | Mother, father, and Boruch |
| Who said: "If you relate to people with trust and human kindness, they will always help you"? | mother |
| Who said: "Tust only yourself"? | father |
| What type of person knows when to follow rules? | an intelligent person |
| Who said: "You can be the master of your own fate"? | father |
| Who said: "It's all in the cards. No one can escape his destiny, for good or for bad"? | Boruch |
| According to Alex what was fate like? | a prediction |
| In what Ghetto did Alex live? | Ghetto C |
| What was now illegal for factory workers? | To keep children |
| Where did the rich Jews live? | Ghetto B |
| Which Ghetto was cleared early on? | Ghetto B |
| What did Ghetto C have? | war factories |
| Describe Ghetto A. | Very large and overcrowded |
| What was the Warsaw Ghetto? | It was a ghetto known for its peasant uprising |
| What frightened Alex just as much as Germans? | ghosts |
| What was littered on the streets? | furniture, household goods, and torn suitcases |
| What did Pani Gryn give Alex? | three cans of evaporated milk, crackers, and a jar of jam |
| What could be seen or found everywhere? | mattress |
| Where was the secret passage? | A wall in number 78 to the next apartment |
| What is an "organized attack against Jews"? | pogrom |
| What was the first line in Alex's diary? | Day Eight: I'm getting hungry. |
| For what reason did Alex fire the gun for the first time? | Trying to save Martha |
| What did Martha give Alex? | a hairpin |
| For what reason did Alex hold his breat when passing a stranger? | Alex didn't want to breath their air |
| Whose air did Alex breath all the time? | Gryns |
| Name some of the things found in the backpack by Alex? | evaporated milk, crackers, sugar cubes, a jar of fat, and some chocolate |
| Who was the man who befriended Alex? | Bolek |
| What skill aided Alex when making his rope ladder? | His knowledge of tying knots |
| How many rungs were on the ladder that Alex built? | thirteen |
| Why is thirteen a lucky number? | It was for Alex |
| Who believed that all bad things related to the number thirteen? | Boruch |
| Do you know if any instances where they skip the number thirteen? | buildings, elevators |
| What is a larder? | a place to store food and supplies |
| Why did Alex draw lines on the floor with a crayon? | So he would know where he could not step |
| What did Alex hate to do that he now considered a luxury while in hiding? | take a bath |
| Who came out at night? | the looters |
| When was the safest time? | early morning or early evening |
| What was as valuable as a good book? | binoculars |
| Who was nice and usually friendly? | the fat vegetable man |
| What did the little girl do every night in front of the window? | do her homework |
| Where did the doctor and his wife live? | A floor below the girl who did her homework |
| When did Alex's larder seem the safest? | On rainy days and thunderstorms |
| Who were the four people who knew about Alex's hideout? | Freddy, Henryk, the doctor, and his wife |
| What did grandmother believe about a soul that wandered? | nails needed to be burned in the oven, otherwise your sould would wander aimlessly |
| What is the most terrible of all crimes? | killing human beings |
| What was the problem with the Jews? | they had no country to call their own |
| What did the larder on the bottom floor serve as for Alex? | his bedroom and his kitchen |
| Describe Alex's kitchen. | a burner |
| What does Alex tell us about the couple who owned the grocery store? | They were dirty cheats |
| How were strangers able to get into the doctor's gate at night, past curfew? | They would tap a rhythm on the gate and it would open after they used a password |
| What did Alex never leave hanging down? | the ladder |
| What was the ironclad law? | raise the ladder and take the pistol |
| Name the two soldiers who Alex helped? | Freddy and Henryk |
| For how long was Alex living in the hideout when he met Freddy and Henryk? | two months |
| To what allusion does Alex compare killing the German? | Robinson Crusoe shooting the savage |
| Where is the secret passage located? | 32 Baker Street |
| What was the Doctor's name? | Dr. Staislaw Polawski |
| What kind of Doctor was he? | Doctor of Internal Medicine |
| Who cut Alex's hair and fed him? | The Doctor and his wife |
| What did Alex aspire to be when he grew up? | a doctor |
| What was used as a sedative for Henryk while the doctor operated? | Vodka |
| What does the doctor tell Alex in case no one else did? | Alex was very brave |
| Who came for the doctor? | the Gestapo |
| Henryk got very sick; what might he have contracted? | typhus |
| What was the game football that Alex played? | soccer |
| What reason does Alex give for his sunburned face? | sitting in the sun and feeding the birds |
| What reason does Alex give for not staying with Bolek? | his father might come for him |
| What was the signal if Alex needed help from Bolek? | A board placed diagonally in the highest window |
| What was the similarity that both Alex and Stashya share? | they are both Jews |
| What code did Stashya and Alex use to communicate? | the Morse Code |
| What was the leisure activity that Alex and Stashya did for fun? | skating |
| Who was Yanek? | the bully |
| Why did the conversations stop between Alex and Stashya? | the house where handed over to the Poles |
| What New Year celebration did Alex witness? | 1944 |
| To where did Stashya move? | the country |
| How would Alex and Stashya find each other after the war? | They planned to meet at 78 Brid Street on the first New Year's Day after the war |
| Where did father take Alex once they were reunited? | the the forest with the partisans |
| How long had Alex been in hiding? | five long months |
| What now belonged to Alex after he found his father? | the Beretta |
| What can be cathching just like laughter? | crying |
