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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Memories of 1942 - Author's Note - Pages 154-174.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was Karl released from a concentration camp in Siberia?
(a) 1945.
(b) 1946.
(c) 1947.
(d) 1949.

2. How long is Gerhard home in 1941 before he receives his draft notice?
(a) 3 days.
(b) 5 days.
(c) 4 days.
(d) 2 days.

3. In 1938, what music are Mutti and Helmuth listening to when an announcement comes that Ernst vom Rath has died?
(a) Mozart.
(b) Wagner.
(c) Bach.
(d) Beethoven.

4. In 1940 after Paris falls to the Germans, where does Hitler send the Luftwaffe to bomb?
(a) France.
(b) Poland.
(c) Britain.
(d) Netherlands.

5. In 1941, when do the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor?
(a) November.
(b) December.
(c) September.
(d) October.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to Gerhard for delivering the radio that Helmuth listened to?

2. When does Helmuth graduate from primary school and begin middle school?

3. When Karl was offered the opportunity near the end of the war to fight for Germany, where was he sent to serve?

4. In 1939 when do Mutti and Hugo marry?

5. When did Helmuth's mother and grandparents die in a bombing attack on Hamburg?

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