QUIZZ – KINDERTRANSPORT | English Theatre Frankfurt

What did Helga hide in the heels of Eva’s shoes?

Jewellery as a traveling gift

An old family picture

Keys to their old house

Which children’s story book does Eva want her mother to read to her?

The Ratcatcher

A volume of fairy-tales

Adventures of Tom Sawyer

What is the first thing Lil does when she picks up Eva from the train station?

She shows her around the city

She helps her to get rid of her label with the Star of David on it

She takes her home and cooks for her

Why did Eva/Evelyn change her birthday to January 7^th?

January 7th was the birthday of her real mother, Helga.

‘7’ is her favourite number.

January 7th was the day she arrived in England.

Which reason does Evelyn give for wanting to destroy her old belongings?

She still likes to look at them from time to time.

They include documents that prove that Evelyn has a right to stay in England. She is still afraid that someone could send her away.

A lot of the items remind her of home and she cannot bring herself to throw them away because they are still close to her heart.

Who does Evelyn refer to with ‘the German woman’?

A family friend.

A woman she met at the train station in London.

Her real birth mother.

What does Lil do when she and Eva watch the newsreel of the liberation of Belsen?

She covers Eva’s face with a handkerchief to prevent her seeing the shocking images.

Nothing. They just watch in silence.

She refuses to look at the images herself because she cannot bear herself to watch them.

Which reason does Eva give for wanting to sell the jewellery, her mother gave to her?

She wants to get rid of everything that reminds her of her past.

She wants to give pleasure to someone else by giving it away to someone who has less than her.

She does not wear it anyway and she would prefer to have the money she can get from it.

Helga wants to take Eva to New York when they finally reunite. Why?

The remains of their family are in America and she wants to make a new beginning there.

She always wanted to go there and now finally dares to fulfil her dream after everything that happened to her.

She wants to be as far away from Germany as possible.

10.

How does Eva react to that offer?

Reluctantly. She started a new family with the Millers and wants to stay in England.

She is willing to go with Helga but wants to talk to Lil first.

Happily. She is relieved her mother asked her to come with her.

11.

What is Eva accusing her mother of in the end?

She is angry that Helga gave her away. She says she would have rather died with her.

She thinks Helga’s wish to go to New York is selfish and expects her mother to stay with her in England instead.

She accuses her of getting in touch with her after the war in the first place.

12.

What are Faith and Evelyn fighting about after Faith discovered the box with Evelyn’s old things? (42/43)

Faith is disappointed and angry that her mother lied to her about her origins and never planned on telling her the truth.

Faith found items that belong to her and she is angry that her mother took them from her.

Faith thinks her mother should have got rid of the box earlier.