The Children of Willesden Lane

What did Lisa ask her mother to promise before she left on the Kindertransport?

• that she would send Lisa more sheet music

• that the family would call Lisa every week

• that she would not move anything from their living room while Lisa was away

What was in the envelope that Malka handed Lisa as she boarded the Kindertransport?

• money for her journey and to get settled in England

• names of people to contact when she arrived in England

• a picture of Malka at Lisa's last piano recital with inscription "From the mother who will never forget you"

Who would teach Lisa piano when the Nazis prevented her from taking lessons from Professor Isseles?

• her sister Sonia

• her sister Rosie

• her father

• her mother, Malka

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.

Who came to 'claim' Lisa & take her into her home temporarily?

• Lisa's mother, Malka!

• Mrs. Canfield, their Quaker neighbor & member of the Religious Society of Friends

• Mrs. Glazer, the blonde Czechoslovakian cook

• Myra Hess, British pianist

What did Lisa ask her mother to promise before she left on the Kindertransport?

• that she would send Lisa more sheet music

• that the family would call Lisa every week

• that she would not move anything from their living room while Lisa was away

What was in the envelope that Malka handed Lisa as she boarded the Kindertransport?

• money for her journey and to get settled in England

• names of people to contact when she arrived in England

• a picture of Malka at Lisa's last piano recital with inscription 'From the mother who will never forget you'

Who would teach Lisa piano when the Nazis prevented her from taking lessons from Professor Isseles?

• her sister Sonia

• her sister Rosie

• her father

• her mother, Malka

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.

Who came to 'claim' Lisa & take her into her home temporarily?

• Lisa's mother, Malka!

• Mrs. Canfield, their Quaker neighbor & member of the Religious Society of Friends

• Mrs. Glazer, the blonde Czechoslovakian cook

• Myra Hess, British pianist