Two violins

When Moshe´s family escaped from the soldiers, everybody was carrying something valuable. What was Moshe carrying?

• his little baby brother

• food and clothes

• a violin

read the following extract from the story and choose the best answer that describes his mental state.

"Each day the violin case grew heavier. Its thin straps dug into his shoulders. His food and water were gone. The sounds of the forest scared him, keeping him awake as he lay all alone, curled up against tree trunks. His stomach fought with him, and his tongue was desert dry. Sleep refused to come. Each night he trembled until exhaustion overcame him."

• happy and optimistic

• desperate and hungry

• angry and disappointed

A dog found Moshe in the forest but he fainted. why?

• He was afraid of dogs because one bit him when he was little

• he was so weak because he hadn´t eaten in day

• he was so excited that he found a friend that he fainted

Moshe was recued by...

• an old man and his horse

• a woman and her dog

• a whole family

Moshe missed his family. One way to show how he missed them was by...

• helping the woman who recued him

• working in a factory and saving money

• playing the violin

Read the following extract of the story and make an inference:

"When he first arrived, Moshe and the woman had communicated through practical gestures. One day the woman had pointed to the tiny, hard-to-see inlaid Star of David on the back of the violin. Then she pointed to him, a questioning look on her face. He nodded yes. She put an index finger on her lips, Shh! Moshe pointed to the Star of David and then to her. She shook her head no."

What is the woman going to keep as a secret?

• that Moshe is Jewish

• that Moshe loved to play the violin

• that Moshe and the woman are friends

Because people heard a violin being played, a _______ knocked at Moshe´s house to ask him to joint the band

• doctor

• a fruit vendor

• a musician

Moshe was asked to play his violin to ___

• a doctor

• a commander

• an actor

When the commander´s wife discovered Moshe was Jewish, he decided to___

• leave the woman´s house who rescued him

• joint the army to fight against the Germans

• stop playing the violin and work on a farm

When he was about to abandoned the woman´s house, she reached to him and told him that

• the Germans were about to win the war

• the Germans were about to find his family

• the Germans were about to surrender