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Once by Morris Gleitzman Revision

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  • What book did Hitler write?
    Mein Kampf
  • Select the incorrect statement about ghettos
    A small area of town the Jews were forced to live in
    It is a suburb in Germany
    It is guarded and usually fenced with barbed wire
    There was little food, medicine or water available
  • Why does Felix have such a creative imagination?
    He loves books and stories
  • What does Felix think his parents are doing?
    Saving books
  • What word does each chapter start with?
    Once
  • What colour is Felix's notebook?
    Yellow
  • Who is the main character of the novel?
    Felix
  • In Chapter 4, Felix hears gunshots and the river turns red. What is actually happening?
    Jewish people are being executed
  • What is Felix's secret at the orphanage? (there are two correct answers)
    He did not arrive as an orphan AND he is a Jew
  • What historical event is the book based on?
    the Holocaust
  • Select the incorrect statement about concentration camps
    These camps are where Nazis hid, waiting to find Jews
    Jews were imprisoned there and forced to do hard labour
    Millions were killed there by execution/gas chambers
    If you were too weak to work you would be killed
  • What country is the orphanage in?
    Poland
  • When does Felix start to realise that the Nazis hate Jews, and not just book sellers
    On the forced march to the 'city'
  • Felix can be described as innocent. What does innocent mean?
    Not having much experience of life OR Not knowing about the bad things that happen
  • Approximately how many Jews were killed during the Holocaust?
    6 million
  • What does Zelda often say at the end of her sentences?
    Don't you know anything?
  • How long does Felix live at the orphanage?
    Over 3 years
  • What examples are there of Felix's innocence?
    He thinks the Nazis at the orphanage are librarians OR He asks if Dodie can go first in the bath OR He thinks the Nazis hate books
  • Aside from Jewish people, what other groups were killed during the Holocaust?
    Polish people, Catholics, Serbs, Gypsies, and the handicapped
  • What 'lucky' item does Felix find in his soup?
    Carrot
  • How old is Felix?
    10
  • Felix goes home, but who is there?
    The Radzyns
  • Who is Felix's best friend at the orphanage?
    Dodie
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