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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "The Assault" begins during which war?
(a) World War II.
(b) Hundred Years War.
(c) Prussian War.
(d) World War I.

2. What did Mr. Korteweg used to keep upstairs?
(a) His stamp collection.
(b) Jews.
(c) Lizards.
(d) Mice.

3. How do Anton's aunt and uncle treat him?
(a) With neglect.
(b) Better than if he were their own son.
(c) As if he were a burden.
(d) With strict rules and high expectations.

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

5. In what year does Anton return to Haarlem for the first time since he was 12?
(a) 1920.
(b) 1956.
(c) 1948.
(d) 1952.

6. What did Mr. Beumer used to read to Anton?
(a) Robinson Crusoe.
(b) The Count of Monte Cristo.
(c) Sherlock Holmes.
(d) The Three Musketeers.

7. Anton finds out that what happened to Peter the night of the assault?
(a) He was shot.
(b) He was sent to a concentration camp.
(c) He was sent to prison.
(d) He was arrested for murder.

8. Why does Anton do his homework at home in the First Episode?
(a) He does not want to be caught.
(b) The school is not open because of the coal shortage.
(c) The school is not open because the teachers are all at war.
(d) His father does not like what is taught at the school.

9. 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) Their identification papers.
(d) The gun of the man who was shot.

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

11. After visiting the memorial in the Second Episode, where does Anton go?
(a) He returns to a party.
(b) He goes to a funeral.
(c) He returns to Amsterdam.
(d) He goes to the Beumer's.

12. How is Anton attacked on the way to Amsterdam in the First Episode?
(a) By ambush.
(b) By plane.
(c) By machine guns.
(d) By fire.

13. Where is Anton taken after he is arrested?
(a) A police station.
(b) A labor camp.
(c) A military camp.
(d) A children's home.

14. Who recognizes Anton when he returns to his old neighborhood in the Second Episode?
(a) Mrs. Beumer.
(b) Mr. Korteweg.
(c) Mr. Beumer.
(d) Karin Korteweg.

15. Who tells Van Liempt what happened to Anton's parents?
(a) The burgomaster.
(b) The Beumers.
(c) The Aartses.
(d) The Kortewegs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Peter take from Ploeg?

2. How does Anton react to the events of the night of the assault?

3. What is Anton's mother doing at the beginning of the First Episode?

4. Mrs. Beumer tells Anton that which of their old neighbors moved away after the liberation?

5. Why does Anton return to Haarlem for the first time after the assault?

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