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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1933, what is Helmuth's favorite dessert?

2. Who lives next door to Helmuth and his mother in 1928?

3. What shops do the Jewish families run that Helmuth knows in 1933?

4. In 1932, when does Helmuth's mother dress for work?

5. In 1932, what type of tea does Oma make?

Short Essay Questions

1. In 1942, what does Helmuth do when a loud bell clangs?

2. In 1938 when Helmuth joins the Hitler Youth, what does Hugo say and do?

3. What does Helmuth fear in 1942 and why is he relieved after breakfast arrives?

4. In 1939, why does Hugo say that laws like not listening to foreign radio stations are necessary during wartime?

5. In 1938 what does Hugo say about God and Germany?

6. In 1932, what does Helmuth imagine as he plays with his soldiers and Gerhard reads?

7. in 1938 what questions does Helmuth asks that gets him in trouble and gets him and his classmates extra homework?

8. In 1928 what does Helmuth see on the street when he is walking with his mother and half-brothers?

9. Where is Helmuth on Day 264 in 1942 and what is he thinking?

10. In 1938 what do Helmuth and Rudi decide to do together?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Helmuth begins to realize that Hitler and the Nazis are lying. What are the circumstances and people who influence Helmuth? How do those circumstance and people influence Helmuth and lead him to want to tell the truth?

Essay Topic 2

A song that Helmuth sings and a prayer that Worbs prays in 1940 are considered subversive. What are some things that Hitler declared to be subversive? Why does he ban those things? How and why does Hitler use censorship to ban things that he considers to be subversive?

Essay Topic 3

Helmuth learns from BBC broadcasts that Germany is not truthful about the progress of the war and uses propaganda to mask Germany’s losses. What propaganda does Hitler use? How does he use propaganda to control the German people? How is propaganda used to motivate the German people into supporting the war?

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