Answer the questions in each section
The younger sister, who is five years old and a feisty, chatty girl. She loves stories about kings, queens, and fairy tales.
This character is the protagonist, the hero, who everyone is rooting for to succeed. She is 10 years old. She is protective of her best friend. Her older sister has passed away.
Annemarie's schoolmate and best friend, who is Jewish. An only child, she is very studious and more serious than her best friend.
A mother, who is a strong and determined woman, firm but warm with her children. She willingly risks her life to help Ellen and the Rosens to escape the Nazis.
Ellen's mother and Mrs. Johansen's friend. The two mothers often have coffee together in the afternoon. She fears the ocean, but she overcomes it when Henrick takes her family across to Sweden.
The owner of the corner shop. She is Jewish. She and her family are among the first to leave Copenhagen.
Part of the Resistance movement, he was engaged to Lise Johansen, the oldest of the Johansen's three daughters, before she died. He visits the Johansen family occasionally, bringing them news and gifts. Annemarie thinks of him as her "almost-brother."
The younger brother, a fisherman in the sea town of Gilleleje. A bachelor, he still lives in the family home where he and his siblings grew up and Annemarie spent her childhood vacations. He plays an important role in saving Ellen and her family, smuggling them and other Jews to Sweden in his boat.
A member of the Resistance. The eldest Johansen daughter, who died several years before the beginning of the novel, around the end of 1941.
A teacher that has instilled in his daughter the importance of education.
The antagonist in the story. The bad guys. The ones set to disrupt life as they knew it in Copenhagen.
How did Lise Johansen die?
What must Ellen remove to keep the Germans from guessing that she is Jewish?
Why does Henrik need the handkerchief in the packet?
Why did the Germans close Mrs. Hirsch's store?
How did Mrs. Johansen keep the soldiers from opening the casket?
What does Peter request in the letter he writes before he dies?
Kirsti wrongly remembers fireworks going off on her birthday. What really happened?
How does Henrik keep his Jewish passengers hidden?
What does Peter give the baby before they leave for Henrik's boat?
What is in the casket?
According to Henrik, what word means to do what you must without thinking of the danger?
True or False: German soldiers invaded Copenhagen.
True or False: Lise and Peter were both part of the Resistance.
True of False: The Resistance was supporting the Nazi soldiers.
True or False: The Danes fought hard against the Nazis in a war in the fields of Denmark.
Which character said this? "That's all that brave means--not thinking about the dangers. Just thinking about what you must do. Of course you were frightened. I was too, today. But you kept your mind on what you had to do. So did I. Now let me tell you about the Rosens."
Which character said this? "When we get inside, I'll have a cup of tea and then we'll call the doctor. I'll tell him that I fell on the stairs."
What was the Ingeborg?
Which character said this? "Don't be frightened...Once I had three daughters. Tonight I am proud to have three daughters again."