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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the biggest difference to Lore between her hometown and her hideout?
(a) The new place is much larger in size.
(b) The new place is intact and not bombed out everywhere.
(c) The people at the new place are welcoming compared to the people at home.
(d) The new place seems busier than the old place.

2. What is Tomas' tattoo most likely to be?
(a) The Jewish marker from the Holocaust.
(b) A prisoner's marker.
(c) A cross.
(d) A Nazi marker.

3. What happens when Lore and her siblings must cross a river with a broken bridge?
(a) Lore and Peter almost drown.
(b) Most of the food is lost to the current.
(c) Tomas only helps the younger kids.
(d) Leisel almost drowns.

4. What disagreement occurs between Gladigau and Helmut?
(a) Whether or not to evacuate Berlin.
(b) Whether the Nazi party are good people.
(c) Whether Helmut should approach Papi about his feelings.
(d) Whether the gypsies deserved the beatings.

5. Where is Helmut born?
(a) Berlin.
(b) Cologne.
(c) Munich.
(d) Auschwitz.

6. What occurs overnight at the church Lore and the children sleep in?
(a) A young man comes and sleeps in the pew next to them.
(b) Their carriage is stolen.
(c) They are evicted by the church members.
(d) Their food is stolen.

7. Who are Gladigau's most common clients?
(a) Soldiers off to war or widowed women.
(b) Widows and orphaned children.
(c) Whole families.
(d) Widowed men and soldiers.

8. What are Lore's nightmares about?
(a) Americans taking their food.
(b) Strangers blocking their way to Oma's.
(c) The end of the war is not really here.
(d) German Nazis taking her parents away.

9. Who helps Helmut when he is confronted at the train station?
(a) A soldier.
(b) A stranger.
(c) The train station guard.
(d) Papi.

10. What does Helmut do when he meets the refugees?
(a) Spews out Nazi speeches and logic.
(b) Scolds them for being cowards.
(c) Begs them for money.
(d) Argues that they are liars.

11. What transaction occurs between Mutti and the visitors from the jeep?
(a) Mutti hands them money and jewelry.
(b) They search her home.
(c) They both sign some papers.
(d) They hand Mutti some food.

12. What makes the children start to fight when Mutti speaks with the farmer?
(a) Peter wakes up crying.
(b) Juri hits Leisel for waking him up.
(c) The twins want candy.
(d) Lore pinches Leisel for trying to open the door.

13. What attracts Lore to a particular tree?
(a) The large shade it provides in the heat.
(b) Crowds of people looking at something.
(c) A "Wanted" picture of Vati.
(d) Two nice looking women to approach for directions.

14. How does Helmut consistently obtain food?
(a) He sweeps the train station in exchange for food.
(b) He begs when the bakery truck comes in every day.
(c) He visits the soup kitchen everyday.
(d) He takes photos in exchange for food.

15. What dilemma does Lore run into by the second day out?
(a) Whether to continue to walk or buy train tickets.
(b) Whether to stay on the road or walk through fields.
(c) Whether to buy milk for Peter or bread for the rest of the children.
(d) Whether to ask for directions or avoid conversations with people.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lore have to give up to get more food and shelter for a night?

2. How is Papi best described?

3. How is Helmut's ability as a darkroom technician described?

4. How does the reader know the woman who helps Lore is also in bad shape?

5. What is Helmut's ritual when bombs fall in closely?

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