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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Fake Ploeg doing when Anton meets him in the Third Episode?
(a) Campaigning for the Communist Party.
(b) Controlling the mob.
(c) Protesting against the Communist Party.
(d) Escaping from the police.

2. After attending a funeral in the Fourth Episode, where does Anton go?
(a) To a picnic.
(b) To Haarlem.
(c) On a train ride.
(d) To a bar.

3. Where does Anton take his wife and daughter after the funeral?
(a) To the beach.
(b) To England.
(c) To his childhood home.
(d) To the memorial in Haarlem.

4. Cor Takes tells Anton that Truus Coster was killed when?
(a) The night of the assault.
(b) A week after the Liberation.
(c) Three weeks before the Liberation.
(d) The day after the assault.

5. Which instrument does Anton play?
(a) Bagpipes.
(b) Piano.
(c) Trombone.
(d) Violin.

6. After Anton asks Fake Ploeg if his father's name should be on the monument, what does Fake do?
(a) Throws a rock at Anton.
(b) Runs away.
(c) Cries.
(d) Calls the police.

7. What had Cor Takes's mother wanted him to do the night of the assault?
(a) Betray Truus Coster.
(b) Turn himself in.
(c) Kill Fake Ploeg.
(d) Stay home.

8. To what does Anton attribute Fake Ploeg's lies concerning his father?
(a) Love.
(b) Indifference.
(c) Stupidity.
(d) Hate.

9. In the Third Episode, why does Anton park his scooter a few blocks away from his apartment?
(a) So that no one will recognize him.
(b) Because he is not going to his apartment.
(c) So that his friend can use the scooter to escape.
(d) To prevent damage to it.

10. Why did Fake Ploeg never finish high school?
(a) He was arrested.
(b) He failed his classes.
(c) He had no interest in academics.
(d) He had to support his mother and sisters.

11. Who pointed out Cor Takes and Truus Coster to the soldiers?
(a) Anton's mother.
(b) An old woman.
(c) A young boy.
(d) Peter.

12. After Fake Ploeg leaves Anton's apartment, what are all of Anton's things covered in?
(a) Soot.
(b) Blood.
(c) Dirt.
(d) Water.

13. What does Cor Takes want to know from Anton?
(a) Why the soldiers burnt down his house.
(b) Where the Resistance hostages were shot.
(c) How long his parents lived.
(d) What Truus Coster talked about the night of the assault.

14. In the Fourth Episode, Anton attends a funeral for whom?
(a) Fake Ploeg.
(b) The prime minister.
(c) His mother's best friend.
(d) A friend of his father-in-law's.

15. Cor Takes tells Anton that after shooting Fake Ploeg, he hid with Truus Coster where?
(a) In the Steenwijk's basement.
(b) In a garbage can.
(c) Under a tree.
(d) In the bushes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Cor Takes biggest regret concerning the night of the assault?

2. In the Third Episode, where is Fake Ploeg working?

3. At what point in the conversation with Cor Takes does Anton become emotional?

4. How does Fake Ploeg threaten Anton in the Third Episode?

5. What surprises Cor Takes about the events on the night of the assault?

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