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1. Richard - tall, slender & loving/kind/caring 1. He thought that animals should not be hunted
Knight pale down unnecessarily. He cried when his
- 15 years - looked like Grandpa killed a deer when he was eight
old from mother (pg 2) years old. (pg 15)
Iowa 2. When he noticed Hannah was crying after
- tenth school, he asked her what had happened as
grade someone had scrawled the words 'Dirty Hun'
on her book cover. (pg 23)
3. Richard spoke up for some students who did
not want to sign the card for Hannah. He told
Mrs Hansen that they wanted to sign but were
afraid. (pg 34)
4. Richard kept hoping that the war would end
before Mr Kilmer went to Europe. He was also
worried that Gus might be killed in the war if
he went after graduation. (pg 68)
patriotic 1. She did not stop her brother from joining the
American Expeditionary Forces as her brother
was patriotic and he claimed it was the right
thing to do. (pg 54)
9. Blanche - dark haired mean/unkind 1. She declared that Germans were barbarians
Freebold who had to be stopped or they would take
over the world and they cut people in two.
(pg 24)
2. She heard that Schermers spoke in German
and thought they might be plotting something
and did not want their neighbours to know.
(pg 24)
10. All of the rude/mean 1. They ganged up against Hannah and her
troublemakers family and warned the other students not to
- Richards sign the card that Mrs Hansen had prepared
classmates to express their regret. (pg 30 33)
2. All boys feared that Abner and Harry would
beat them up while the girls were worried that
Peggy and Blanche would not speak to them.
So, in the end, no one signed the card except
for Richard. (pg 32)
11. Peggy snobbish 1. She felt Millie was too mousy and bad-looking
to play the role of Lady Liberty. (pg 72 73)