The Silver Sword Quizzes

The Silver Sword Quiz 1

By Kristen Osborne-Bartucca · Edited by Aaron Suduiko · Last reviewed September 26, 2017

1 What year was the book published?

1956

1905

1959

1960
2 What war does the book concern?

WWII

The Spanish-American War

The Vietnam War

WWI
3 What nationality is the family?

German

British

French

Polish
4 Who gets thrown in prison?

Ruth

Margrit

Joseph

Jan
5 How does Joseph escape?

He bribes a guard

He goes through the fence

He disguises himself as a guard

He goes through a tunnel
6 Who helps Joseph after he escapes?

A doctor

An old man and woman

A soldier

A driver
7 When Joseph returns home he finds all the following except

his school in ruins

his house in ruins

his wife

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 ring

A silver sword

A book
10 Jan can best be described as

silly

stubborn

stupid

friendly
11 Where does Joseph plan to go?

Berlin

Switzerland

London

Paris
12 Why do the Nazis blow up the Balicki house?

Edek shoots at them

Edek refuses to go with them

Ruth shoots at them

Ruth criticizes them
13 Where do the children settle in the winter?

A church

The woods

A school

A cellar
14 What does Ruth occupy her time with?

A school

Religion

Smuggling

Nursing
15 Why is Edek taken away?

Unknown

Stealing

Fighting

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

France

Britain

Russia

America
17 Who is Jimpy?

A cat

A dog

A chicken

A chimpanzee
18 Ruth wants all the following from Ivan except

food and blankets

stuff for the school

money

news of her brother
19 Who does Jan hate?

Orphans

Soldiers

Priests

Sentries
20 What does Ivan give the children?

Flowers

Bread

Money

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

To find Joseph

To get a new home

To find Margrit

To find Edek
22 What does Edek have?

Cholera

Dystentery

Gangrene

Tuberculosis
23 Edek was described by the camp as

cruel

wild

docile

stupid
24 When Jan drops his food,

he leaves it there

children rush at it wildly

Edek picks it up

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

Jan

Joseph

Edek

Joe Wolski

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