The Children of Willesden Lane, chapter 4 TEST

Why did Lisa study the faces of the other children on the train?

• She hoped to see someone from her school

• She hoped to see someone from her neighborhood

• She hoped to see someone from her synagogue (temple)

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What was thrust into the train through the window?

• A grenade

• Some food in a basket

• A baby boy in a basket

Tags

CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

What did one of the children fear would happen if the baby was heard crying?

• That they'd be accused of having kidnapped the child.

• That they would be blamed for having made it cry.

• That they'd all be thrown off.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Who finally got the baby to stop crying?

• Lisa, because she hummed it "Brahms' Lullaby"

• A 16 year-old girl who had a little brother at home & knew how to hold & nuzzle it.

• Her mother who rushed aboard the train.

• A stony-faced SS (Nazi) officer.

Tags

CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

What did all the Kindertransport children in the train car 'scour' it for?

• juice

• milk

• blankets

• A good hiding spot for the child & the basket

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Where did the children hide the baby & the basket?

• in a suitcase

• under some blankets

• under Lisa's seat

Tags

CCSS.RF.4.4C

CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

The sign that the children saw just outside their train car windows was written in Dutch. What country speaks Dutch?

• England

• The Netherlands

• Holland

• Denmark

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What did Lisa do to "distract" the stony-faced SS (Nazi) officer & keep him from getting rid of the baby in the basket that he'd 'discovered'?

• She asked him, "Isn't he sweet?"

• She smiled brilliantly & prayed it would distract him.

• She tried to charm him into not reporting or getting 'rid' of the baby.

Tags

CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

What did the Dutch (Netherlands or Holland) women come aboard the train carrying & offering?

• Baskets filled w/ fat slices of fresh-baked bread & butter

• Big doughy shortcake biscuits

• A tray of steaming mugs of cocoa

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

What did Lisa insist the man w/ a red armband from the Dutch Red Cross take to help someone identify the baby as theirs?

• A Star of David necklace

• Its passport

• Its Kindertransport ticket stub

• The wicker hamper (basket)