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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. With whom does Anton spend a night in a jail cell?
(a) A woman who cannot speak.
(b) A woman he cannot see.
(c) A woman who is drunk.
(d) A woman he knew as a small child.

2. Mrs. Beumer tells Anton that which of their old neighbors moved away after the liberation?
(a) Mr. Korteweg.
(b) Mr. Steenwijk.
(c) Mr. Aarts.
(d) Mr. Ploeg.

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

4. After hearing shots, what does Anton see through the window?
(a) A car and a man.
(b) Three men.
(c) A bicycle and a man.
(d) A dog and two men.

5. Mrs. Beumer tells Anton that who was killed on the night of the assault?
(a) Fifteen Resistance hostages.
(b) His parents and several war criminals.
(c) Fake Ploeg's son.
(d) His parents and twenty-nine Resistance hostages.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Mr. Korteweg used to keep upstairs?

2. Why does Peter never leave the Steenwijk house?

3. Of the executed Resistance members remembered by the monument, who was the only one born in the previous century?

4. After finishing the gymnasium, where does Anton go to school?

5. What does Peter take from Ploeg?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Mrs. Beumer believe that Anton's mother was shot?

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

3. After the liberation, how does Anton find out whether his parents are dead or alive?

4. What happens to Anton the morning after the shooting?

5. What are the similarities between the author Harry Mulisch and the character Anton?

6. Describe the neighborhood in which Anton grows up.

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

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

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