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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Train to Hell and The Martyr and His Village.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Jagerstatter write prior to his imprisonment?
(a) A feature movie starring Jesus.
(b) A series of documentaries.
(c) A long autobiography.
(d) A self help book.

2. What possible explanation to the blotched nature of the April 9 letter does Zahn give?
(a) It was raining when the letter was delivered.
(b) It might be his or his wife's tears.
(c) The dog might have eaten the letter.
(d) Jagerstatter's daughter might have drooled on it.

3. What did Jagerstatter's lawyer have no inkling of according to his interview with Zahn?
(a) Jagerstatter's family money.
(b) Jagerstatter's lack of money.
(c) Jagerstatter's willingness to die.
(d) Jagerstatter's religious endeavors.

4. Why did Jagerstatter never consider hiding?
(a) He didn't know how to survive in the forest.
(b) He feared for his family.
(c) He didn't think it was possible.
(d) He had decided to give his life as a statement.

5. What did both Mrs. Jagerstatter and the priest in Jagerstatter 's village say Jagerstatter would have fought for?
(a) Communism.
(b) God.
(c) The Nazi occupation.
(d) His family.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was lacking in Austria to make it a real "Fatherland" according to Jagerstatter ?

2. What did Jagerstatter decide it was not acceptable to do even for the sake of family?

3. What was Jagerstatter's farewell letter written on?

4. What did some people try to do publicly?

5. What did Zahn take as an indication of the fact that there might have been more animosity between Mrs. Jagerstatter and the villagers than people are inclined to remember?

(see the answer key)

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