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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 Part One, Chapter 17, when does Friedrich remember first hearing Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring?

2. In Part One, Chapter 1, what did Friedrich's father do long ago?

3. What is Elisabeth studying in Part One, Chapter 1?

4. In Part One, Chapter 16, what instrument does Rudolph play?

5. In Part One, Chapter 5, with whom does Friedrich eat his lunch?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 21, what is learned about Martin's fate?

2. At the beginning of The Untitled Opening Section, what does one boy do while his friends play?

3. In Part Two, Chapter 4, why does Mouse say that Bishop's is a work mill?

4. In Chapter 19, what do Friedrich and Uncle Gunter gather from Friedrich's house?

5. In Part One, Chapter 2, what does Friedrich look like?

6. In Part One, Chapter 3, why did Friedrich's father take him out of school, and what did Friedrich do when he quit school?

7. Why is there a birth certificate that says that Friedrich died?

8. In Part Two, Chapter 11, what happens when Mr. Howard takes Frankie and Mike to Highlander's Department Store?

9. In Part One, Chapter 6, why is Elisabeth going to work in Berlin rather than Trossingen?

10. When Otto is lost in the woods in The Untitled Opening Section, what does he remember about dangers in the woods?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Friedrich notices that people begin embracing political correctness as Hitler and the Nazi’s influence permeate German society. Why do so many characters in Part One embrace political correctness, and how does the tendency to follow the Nazi party line turn friends against friends and family members against family members?

Essay Topic 2

The harmonica helps the main characters in the novel deal with the difficulties in their lives. How does having the harmonica assist each of the main characters in freeing themselves from the difficulties and challenges in their lives?

Essay Topic 3

Hitler’s purity laws and the treatment of Jews in Nazi Germany are discussed in Part One of the novel. What does the author convey about racial discrimination through Part One of the novel?

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