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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. What does a boy play with his friends at the beginning of The Untitled Opening Section?

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

3. In Part One, Chapter 16, what is Rudolph's brother's position?

4. At the beginning of Part One, Chapter 5, what does Friedrich smell?

5. What type of glasses does Josef wear in Part One, Chapter 16?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Otto read as he waits for the others to get to home base in The Untitled Opening Section?

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

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

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

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

6. Why do Mr. Golding and Mr. Howard visit Bishop/'s in Part Two, Chapter 6?

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

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

9. In Chapter 16, why does Rudolph leave instead of playing music with Martin and a friend?

10. What is the emblem for the harmonica factory, and why might it have to be removed?

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

Elisabeth becomes a member of a Hitler Youth group. How does Elisabeth change and how do her relationships with her family change after she joins the Hitler Youth group?

Essay Topic 3

Both Elisabeth and Mike have to be responsible for younger siblings. How are the responsibilities that Mike and Elisabeth have similar and why their actions are so important in preserving what is left of their families?

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