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

2. Which relative of Cor Takes had been one of the twenty-nine Resistance hostages?
(a) His uncle.
(b) His youngest brother.
(c) His mother.
(d) His oldest sister.

3. At what point in the conversation with Cor Takes does Anton become emotional?
(a) When Cor Takes becomes angry.
(b) When Cor Takes speaks about his girlfriend.
(c) When Cor Takes tells him that Fake Ploeg was a murderer.
(d) When Cor Takes starts crying.

4. Where does Anton meet Cor Takes?
(a) At a party.
(b) On the street.
(c) At a bar.
(d) At a wedding.

5. When Anton meets Fake Ploeg as an adult, what does Fake look like?
(a) A soldier.
(b) A politician.
(c) The image of his father.
(d) The image of his mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of student is Anton?

2. In the Third Episode, why does Anton park his scooter a few blocks away from his apartment?

3. To what does Anton attribute Fake Ploeg's lies concerning his father?

4. Fake Ploeg tells Anton that he will never forget what?

5. Why does Anton make an appointment with Cor Takes?

Short Essay Questions

1. What has changed in Anton's life between the Second and Third Episode?

2. Why does Anton choose to study anesthesiology?

3. What detail of the night of the assault puzzles both Cor Takes and Anton?

4. What are the similarities and differences between Anton and Fake Ploeg (the son)?

5. What physical problem does Anton suffer from in the Third Episode?

6. What is the atmosphere at the funeral in the Fourth Episode?

7. Describe the meeting of Anton and Fake Ploeg when they are adults.

8. Describe Anton's first wife.

9. How does Fake Ploeg speak of his father?

10. Why is there a mob in front of Anton's apartment building in the Third Episode?

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