The Silver Sword Quizzes

The Silver Sword Quiz 1

1 What year was the book published?
1956

1960

1959

1905
2 What war does the book concern?
The Spanish-American War

WWII

The Vietnam War

WWI
3 What nationality is the family?
Polish

French

British

German
4 Who gets thrown in prison?
Margrit

Jan

Ruth

Joseph
5 How does Joseph escape?
He goes through a tunnel

He bribes a guard

He goes through the fence

He disguises himself as a guard
6 Who helps Joseph after he escapes?
A driver

A soldier

A doctor

An old man and woman
7 When Joseph returns home he finds all the following except
his wife

his house in ruins

his school in ruins

his children most likely dead
8 What happened to Margrit?
She died of illness

She was killed

She was put in prison

She was sent to Germany
9 What does Joseph find in the rubble?
A coin

A book

A ring

A silver sword
10 Jan can best be described as
silly

stupid

friendly

stubborn
11 Where does Joseph plan to go?
Berlin

London

Paris

Switzerland
12 Why do the Nazis blow up the Balicki house?
Ruth shoots at them

Ruth criticizes them

Edek refuses to go with them

Edek shoots at them
13 Where do the children settle in the winter?
A school

A church

The woods

A cellar
14 What does Ruth occupy her time with?
A school

Nursing

Smuggling

Religion
15 Why is Edek taken away?
Unknown

Fighting

Stealing

Smuggling
16 Who helps the Poles at the end of the war?
France

Britain

America

Russia
17 Who is Jimpy?
A dog

A chicken

A chimpanzee

A cat
18 Ruth wants all the following from Ivan except
news of her brother

stuff for the school

food and blankets

money
19 Who does Jan hate?
Orphans

Soldiers

Priests

Sentries
20 What does Ivan give the children?
Money

Bread

Flowers

Chocolate
21 Why are Ruth, Bronia, and Jan going to Posen?
To find Margrit

To get a new home

To find Edek

To find Joseph
22 What does Edek have?
Dystentery

Cholera

Gangrene

Tuberculosis
23 Edek was described by the camp as
cruel

wild

docile

stupid
24 When Jan drops his food,
Edek picks it up

he leaves it there

children rush at it wildly

he is embarrassed
25 Whose hand grabs Ruth's in the scrum of children?
Joe Wolski

Edek

Jan

Joseph

Serraillier depicts the horrors of war in his novel in a thoughtful and approachable way. He shows how: families are broken up and children are orphaned; homes and cities are destroyed; children are forced to grow up well before they ought to; the...

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