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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Anton know that the assault was never brought to trial?
(a) If it had, his parents would not have died.
(b) If it had, members of the Resistance would have been punished.
(c) If it had, he would have found records in his search.
(d) If it had, he would have been questioned.

2. Immediately after visiting the Beumers in the Second Episode, where does Anton go?
(a) To his old house.
(b) To the memorial.
(c) To the birthday party.
(d) To his uncle's.

3. When Anton visits Gerrit Jan's house in the Second Episode, what war are they discussing?
(a) The Spanish-American War.
(b) World War I.
(c) The Civil War.
(d) The Korean War.

4. What do the soldiers demand of Anton's family after the shooting?
(a) The wallet of the man who was shot.
(b) The keys to their house.
(c) The gun of the man who was shot.
(d) Their identification papers.

5. How does Anton travel to Haarlem in the Second Episode?
(a) By motorcar.
(b) By train.
(c) By plane.
(d) By bicycle.

6. Who first moves the body of the man who was shot?
(a) Mr. Korteweg and Karin.
(b) Anton.
(c) Ploeg.
(d) Mr. Steenwijk.

7. In the First Episode, who questions Anton when he reaches Amsterdam?
(a) A general.
(b) A cab driver.
(c) A policeman.
(d) A British soldier.

8. By the Second Episode, what has happened to Mr. Beumer?
(a) He has become senile.
(b) He has become crippled.
(c) He has moved to a nursing home.
(d) He has died.

9. Who throws the keys of the Steenwijk house into the darkness?
(a) Peter.
(b) Anton.
(c) Mrs. Steenwijk.
(d) The soldiers.

10. What is left of Anton's old house in the Second Episode?
(a) A fence and weeds.
(b) Most of their furniture.
(c) The front porch.
(d) Some window panes.

11. The woman in the cell with Anton is in love with whom?
(a) A British soldier.
(b) A divorced man.
(c) A married man with two children.
(d) A Nazi soldier.

12. Who had Anton befriended at school?
(a) Fake Ploeg.
(b) Tony.
(c) Karin Korteweg.
(d) Peter.

13. When Anton returns to Haarlam for the first time, whose house does he first go to?
(a) The Kortewegs.
(b) A fellow classmate's.
(c) The Buemer's.
(d) A distant relative's.

14. Why is Anton surprised when Mrs. Beumer tells him about the monument?
(a) Because his uncle had not told him about it.
(b) Because he thought no one else knew about it.
(c) Because Mrs. Beumer is senile.
(d) Because he had forgotten that his uncle told him about it.

15. What is the name of the man shot in front of Anton's house?
(a) Mr. Steenwijk.
(b) Mr. Korteweg.
(c) Ploeg.
(d) Schulz.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Anton's childhood home next to?

2. Where does a soldier put Anton after taking him from his house in the First Episode?

3. After spending the night in a jail cell, where is Anton sent?

4. What is the name of Anton's childhood house?

5. How do Anton's aunt and uncle treat him?

(see the answer keys)

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