Quiz Questions for Twenty and Ten.
Ch 1.
1. What do we know about the narrator, Janet, so far?
2. What is the setting?
3. Why do these children live together and go to school here?
4. How do the children feel about Sister Gabriel?
5. How many students are at the school?
6. What are some of the other students’ names?
7. How do the kids seem like regular kids?
Ch 2.
1. What does the stranger ask of the school?
2. What is unique about the visitors to the school?
3. Why is help requested?
4. What do the school children learn about their role?
5. What will happen to Sister Gabriel if the Nazis discover she is hiding Jewish children?
6. Where have the Jewish children been for the past twelve hours?
7. How do the students feel about helping at this time?
8. Why do you think they agreed to hide the Jewish children?
Ch 3.
1. What would you do if you were in a room where you knew no one?
2. How might you be treated?
3. Imagine you were one of the Jewish children. How might you feel coming into a Catholic school
where you know no one and your life depends on Christian children not giving you away?
4. What does Sister Gabriel do to help the children become acquainted?
5. What does Philip say that sets the stage for the behavior of the Catholic children?
6. What is the meaning of the slogan, “We all eat, or nobody eats?”
7. How do you think the Christian students feel when they learn they have to cut their food supply
to help the Jewish children? Do you think they think twice about saving them?
8. What does Henry do specifically to help?
9. How do Janet and Denise react?
10. What does the metaphor “gold” stand for?
11. What is the mood at the end of the chapter?
12. Predict what may happen in the beginning of the next chapter.