Monday, November 5, 2007

Chapters 8-10

1. Prediction: Annemarie figures out that there is no Great-Aunt Birte. Why do you think the living room is being prepared for a funeral? What do you think will really take place there? What is in the casket?

2. Why did Uncle Henrik and Mama lie to Annemarie about Great-Aunt Birte? (Think about this carefully since this is ONE of the MAJOR THEMES of the BOOK!)

3. Mama stopped the German officer from opening the casket by telling him her Great-Aunt Birte died of a contagious disease typhus. What does this tell you about her character?

25 comments:

Anonymous said...

1. I think the room is being prepared for a funeral because since there is no Great-Aunt Birte and the Nazis come and open the casket it will seem suspisous that the casket does not have Great-Aunt Birte in it. I bet that it is a secret meetingg that is realy going on. Also I think that some stuff they found outside that smelt bad.
2. Uncle Henrik and Mama lied to Annemarrie because the more you know about the conversation the harder it is to lie for example what hapend at Osterbragade when the Nazi soldier asked her friend Ellens name she just told him her name she didn't know the consiqence if she stumbeled.
3. What it tells me about her charecter is that she can improvise quicly and that she can make up stories and make them beliveable like how Great-Aunt Birte died of typhus.


NRS#21

Anonymous said...

1)I think the casket has Annemarie Dad is in it because they left him behind so they would not look suspicious.
2. I think they lied because they didn't want Annemarie to be frightened.
3. It tells that she is brave and protective.

Anonymous said...

1)Well I think the living room is prepared for a funral because lots people came to Uncle Henrick's house for it and maybe the Jhohansens wanted the Rosens to meet as a famly together again so thay had to think of a plan. They made it a funeral so it didn't look like they were celebration a New Year or Jewish religon. Well I think what really is taking place in the room is the two familys being ALL together again. I am guessing in the casket is probably flowers and grass.

2)I think mama and Uncle Henrick lied to Annemarie about Great Aunt Birte because the both of them wanted Annemarie to be brave. But I think they were lieing about the bravery thing and didn't want her to tell the soldier but she would never do that. So they could probably be telling the truth.

3)I think this is teling she thinks real quick and makes her lies sound real so bad things don't go bad. So she is smart to not get the officer to not open the casket.


TBW#25

Anonymous said...

1) The living room is prepared for a funeral because if someone were to look in they would think nothing of it. I think that some sort of meeting will take place there. You need a lot of people to make a funeral look real and that would be a way to sneek a lot of people in for a meeting. I think there is nothing in the casket just stuffed pillows and that they used the casket as a prop.
2) Uncle Henrik and Mama are lying to Annemarie because it would be better for her not the know the truth. Also it is easier to be brave if you don't know everything. So if she was put into a situation where she had to answer a question from a Nazi soldier it would be easier to lie because she doesn't know how dangerous it might be if the actual reason got out. It is easier for her to be brave about a situation like that.
3)It tells me that even under dangerous anbd frightening pressure she can come through and be brave at the spur of the moment. It shows me that she can be brave even though she knows some of the risks and is willing to take that chance.
SRC#5

Anonymous said...

1. The living room was being prepared for the fake funeral so that it would more convincing to the Nazis.
2. Uncle Henrik and Mama lied to the girls so that they would act normally and naturally. The less the girls knew the easier it would be to act bravely.
3. By Mama lying to the Nazi officer, it tells us that she is very brave when she has to be. She took a big risk by lying.
DS24

Anonymous said...

1. I think the living room is being perpared for a funeral because Annemarie's mother saw the writing on the wall and knew that the Nazi soldiers might be coming that night. So if the soldiers came they would just say they were having a funeral. Also it actually looked like a funeral. What I thinkis in the casket is maybe Lise's body because Peter was involed in this plan a lot so he might have decided to use Lise.

2. Uncle Henrik and Mama lied to Annemarie about Great Aunt Birte because they wanted Annemarie to be brave and the less you know the more you're braver. So if they told Annemarie the whole story then she would be really frightened and not be as brave as she could be.

3.When mama told the German soldier she couldn't open the casket because she died of typhus it tells us about the character that she is brave and that in the back of her mind she had that little excuse planed out.

LEK#13

Anonymous said...

1. I think the living room is prepared for a furnel because they wanted Ellen to see her parents and if they didn't have something like that then the Nazis would be suspicious. I think that Henrik is going to tell Ellen's her parents that they could hide at his house. I really think that there is nobody in the casket, but if I had a guess it would be Annemarie's father.

2. Mama and Uncle Henrik lied because they didn't want Annemarie, Ellen, and especially Kristi to know what was really going on. If they knew what was really going on than if one of them got pressure on them by the Nazis, which Annemarie did, they wouldn't know what was really going on.

3. This tells me that Mama is a fast thinker. If there was nobody in the casket then the Nazis will be mad that she lied to them. By saying that Great Aunt Birte died of Typhus, the soldier didn't want to open the casket because he did not want the disease. This shows that Mama thinks fast.
SEB#4

Anonymous said...

1.I think the living room is being prepared for a funeral because If the Natzies came in they would'nt be suspicious if they were having a meating.I think that they will have a meating of how to hide the Rosens.I think there are plans in the casket.

2.Uncle Henrik and mama lied annemarie about Great Aunt Birte beacause if you know to much it's harder to lie when you know to much.

3.This tells you that Mrs.Jouhansen is a qick thinker.

sm#15

Anonymous said...

1. I read the book for a project last year so I know what happens.

2.To pretect her so she could be brave. For example in chapter one when she was stopped on the street by the soldiers she diddent know that the soliders were taking Jewish people and if she did she probably would not have said what she said.

3.She is good at macking stuff up and is a good thinker.
HF9

Anonymous said...

1. I read the book for a project last year so I know what happens.

2.To pretect her so she could be brave. For example in chapter one when she was stopped on the street by the soldiers she diddent know that the soliders were taking Jewish people and if she did she probably would not have said what she said.

3.She is good at macking stuff up and is a good thinker.
HF9

Anonymous said...

1. I know that there is no aunt Birte so maybe there is a plan to help Ellen and her family escape. Also, there were other people there pretending they were sad maybe they were Jews and Peter is helping them too. It's like in Butterfly when the mom helped many Jews escape not just one family.

2. I think that Uncle Henrik and momma lied to them because the more people know about dangerous situations the more scared they will become. I think that Uncle Henrik and momma did the right thing by trying to protect Ellen and Annemarie. It's like Butterfly when the mom never told the little girl that they were hiding Jews maybe because if she did the girl would be scared that they might be caught.

3. That tells us that the charcter momma is very brave to lie to the Nazis because if she got caught she would be in trouble with the Nazis. She probably would have been taken away and killed. It was a tough situation for her.


WLM17

Anonymous said...

1. i think they got ready for a funarul because they were trying to trick the nazis i also think in the cascet was nothing.

2. uncle henrick lied about great-aunt birtie so ellen wouldn't die or have to run away.

3.this tells us that mama lies to live and not have the nazis rummage through evry thing

ran#!9

Anonymous said...

1. i think that they set up the living room to look like there was a funeral so if the Nazis came they wouldn't have anthything to question about. i think that all the people there are really Jews and that the are having a secret meeting. i predict that another Jew is in the caket becaouse it would be a good place to hide one.
2. i think they lied to her so she wouldn't be so scared because the more you know about something, the braver you have to be.
3. it tells us that she is a very quick thinker and that she is also very brave to lie to a Nazi.

HA1

Anonymous said...

1. I think the living room is set up for a funeral so if the Nazis came to investegate, like they did, it would just look like a funeral, nothing more suspicious. I think this is a gathering or safe house for the people there who I suspect are Jews. I am very uncertain as to what is in the casket, but my guess is maybe new clothes for the Jews there.

2. I think they lied to Annemarie to try to protect her. The less she knew, the safer she was. They didn't want her to have to lie to the Nazis, endangering being caught.

3. This tells us that like Papa, she is a quick thinker, because she knew that typhus is contagious and the Nazis would not risk getting it.

Anonymous said...

2. The room was being prpared for a funeral because maybe a jew is hiding in the casket, and what is really going is maybe they are going to take the jew to the boat, and have them live there.

2. They lied because they wanted her to be brave for whatever is going to happen. the nazi soliders asked her what was going on because she was the one most likely to crack under the pressure. She could lie easily because she didn't know what was going on, and that's how she was brave without knowing what was going on.
3. It tells you that Mrs. Johansen can think quick in situtations when they need it. They were hiding something in there that the Nazis shouldn't see. She came up with that excuse like her husband did with the photographs and Ellen earlier in the book.


HB#2

Anonymous said...

1) The living room was prepared for a funeral so Ellen would think they were that the casket held Great-Aunt Birte but I think it will hold pillows and hay.

2)Uncle Henrik and Mama lied so Ellen and Annemarie would not get Scared although Annemarie knew there was no Great-Aunt Birte but she did not tell Ellen because Ellen might get nervous.

3)When Mama stopped the German officer from opening the casket by telling him her Great-Aunt Birte died of a contagious disease typhus that showed bravery and courage because it would take courage to stand up to a Nazi soldier.



JTM 16

Anonymous said...

1) I think the living room is being prepared for a funeral so it will seem casual ,just in case the nazi's come to Uncle Henrik's house.
2) Uncle Henrik and Mama lie to Annemarie about Great-Aunt Birtie. One reason is for their saftey because when a child knows more of a situation and has to keep it a secret it's pretty hard.
3) It tells about Momma's character as being a quick thinker like the father and also a pretty good convincer.

MRS20

Anonymous said...

1. Mabe so the nazis dont expect that is a gathering place for the jews.I think a secret meeting to discuse what is going to happen and trying to be prepared. I think inside the casket is a bunch of blankets beacause The Rosens will probouble stay overnight mabe some coats so people will stay warm overnight.

2.Uncle Henrik and mama lied because if a nazi soldier would come up to you and you would know the consequence you would want to be on their good side and tell because you would be under preasure.

3.It tells me about her character by saying that she is a quick thinker and very convensing to say that it is a wounderful idea to open the casket and see Great-Aunt Birdi one last time.

Ls 23#

Anonymous said...

1 I think that ellens mom or dad died or mabe peter died and he wood be in the living rom.

2 mabe they wanted anmarrie not to worry about wuts going on with the nazis.


3 She wood liy to make ellen and the family safe from the nazis so ellen wodent get sent to a camp and die.

sorry about 4 7 got home from new york reallay late at 10; 20.

Anonymous said...

1. I think the living room is being prepared for a funeral because they want to hide how their hiding a jew with them and a funeral is a normal thing thsat happens. I think that what they were really doing is getting their family together to discuss how they will hide Ellen. inside the casket is blankets and coats for evryone to kee warm.

2. uncle henrick and mama lied to annemarie about aunt birte becacause its easier to lie when you dont you're lying but if you know your lying then its hard to lie.

3. it tells me that shes improvising and shes trying to make it so that the german officer wont open up the casket.
NF#10

Anonymous said...

1. I think the living room is being prepared for a funeral so that they can pretend there is someone in the casket. There is on one in the casket. The casket is empty to sneak someone out of the county.

2. I think Uncle Henrik and Mama lied to Annemarie so that she would not be frightened because if she knew the real truth she might act suspisous in front the the soldiers. They lied to protect her.

3. Mama is brave and quick thinking and protective of her family.

MC6

Anonymous said...

1. I think that the living room is prepared for a funeral because Peter needed an excuse for having the families together in the same place if the Nazis came to see what was going on. I think that Peter is going to have some sort of resistance meeting taking place there, away from Copenhagen. I think that mabey a peson besides Aunt Birte who is not dead is in the casket. Peter probably was not able to bring this person otherwise.

2. Mamma and uncle Henrik lied about great Aunt Birte because they thought that if Annemarie had less knowledge she would be braver in a sence, that because she knew less she would be less tempted to say the actual truth.

3. It tells me that Mamma who knows more on the subject than Annemarie was brave and lied about what was in the casket.

BAM#18

Anonymous said...

#1I think that things the jews need are in the casket because there is no great aunt birti and unkle henrick helps jews.
#2 I think uncle henrick and mama lied to annemarie, because it would be safer for annemarie to not no what is in the casket because if the german soilders ask her what is in the casket she mit spill.
#2The book tells that mama is smart because she thout of that idea really quickly and the idea saved her family.

Awg #11

Anonymous said...

I think the living room is crowded because they are trying to help
to make the Funeral look realistic. Like a real funaral.
i don't think there is any thing in then casket. I don't think because there is really no aunt birte.

I think they lied because they didn't want annemarie to be under that much pressure. I think they new that she might crack under to much pressure from a nazi.

This tells us that she is a quick thinker and reacts non-suspicously. zjb3

Anonymous said...

1. I think the living room is prepared for a funeral because There is going to be a secret meeting. I think that the casket has Ellens family.
2.They lied to Annemarie because it would be a hard topic to talk to a kid about.
3. It tells me that she is a very quick thinker. Just like Mr.Johansen.

SL14