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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Peter never leave the Steenwijk house?
(a) So he will not be conscripted in the army.
(b) Because he has a disease.
(c) Because he is a fugitive.
(d) So he will not be sent to a labor camp.

3. Why does Anton return to Haarlem for the first time after the assault?
(a) To attend a funeral.
(b) To visit the Beumer's.
(c) To visit a monument.
(d) To attend a birthday party.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Anton travel to Amsterdam in the First Episode?

2. Why does Anton speculate that Peter's name is not on the monument?

3. How is Anton attacked on the way to Amsterdam in the First Episode?

4. While in a jail cell, a woman tells Anton a story about what?

5. What is the name of Anton's escort to Amsterdam in the First Episode?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the German soldiers do to Anton's home Carefree?

2. Why does Mr. Steenwijk teach Peter and Anton at home?

3. How does Anton spend the night after the shooting?

4. In the First Episode, what happens to Anton's escort on the way to Amsterdam?

5. In the Second Episode, why does Anton leave the birthday party early?

6. When he returns to his old neighborhood, what information does Mrs. Beumer give Anton that he had not known before?

7. In the First Episode, why does Anton not jump out of the truck when the convoy is attacked?

8. Describe Anton's childhood neighbors.

9. Why is the birthday party in the Second Episode significant?

10. When Anton returns to his old neighborhood for the first time, how have his neighbors changed?

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