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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who first moves the body of the man who was shot?
(a) Mr. Steenwijk.
(b) Anton.
(c) Mr. Korteweg and Karin.
(d) Ploeg.

2. Why does Anton do his homework at home in the First Episode?
(a) His father does not like what is taught at the school.
(b) He does not want to be caught.
(c) The school is not open because the teachers are all at war.
(d) The school is not open because of the coal shortage.

3. Mrs. Beumer tells Anton that which of their old neighbors moved away after the liberation?
(a) Mr. Aarts.
(b) Mr. Ploeg.
(c) Mr. Korteweg.
(d) Mr. Steenwijk.

4. When does Van Liempt inquire about the fate of Anton's parents?
(a) The day after he picks up Anton.
(b) When Anton is an adult.
(c) In 1952.
(d) After the liberation.

5. What is written on the memorial that was built on the site of the executions?
(a) Rest in peace.
(b) May they live on in our memory.
(c) They fell for queen and fatherland.
(d) We shall never forget.

6. With whom is Anton living during the Second Episode?
(a) With his aunt and uncle.
(b) With his brother Peter.
(c) With his wife and daughter.
(d) With his parents.

7. What did Mr. Beumer used to read to Anton?
(a) Robinson Crusoe.
(b) The Count of Monte Cristo.
(c) The Three Musketeers.
(d) Sherlock Holmes.

8. How does Anton travel to Haarlem in the Second Episode?
(a) By train.
(b) By motorcar.
(c) By bicycle.
(d) By plane.

9. While in a jail cell, a woman tells Anton a story about what?
(a) Her first day at school.
(b) Being arrested for murder.
(c) The Dutch resistance.
(d) Being lost in front of her own house.

10. Of the executed Resistance members remembered by the monument, who was the only one born in the previous century?
(a) Mr. Steenwijk.
(b) Takes.
(c) Ploeg.
(d) Anton's mother.

11. What do the soldiers demand of Anton's family after the shooting?
(a) The wallet of the man who was shot.
(b) Their identification papers.
(c) The gun of the man who was shot.
(d) The keys to their house.

12. In which city does "The Assault" begin?
(a) Amsterdam.
(b) Berlin.
(c) London.
(d) Haarlem.

13. How is Anton attacked on the way to Amsterdam in the First Episode?
(a) By ambush.
(b) By plane.
(c) By machine guns.
(d) By fire.

14. Where does Anton walk while visiting Haarlem in the Second Episode?
(a) To the nursery school.
(b) To his old neighborhood.
(c) To the police station.
(d) To the cemetery.

15. Where is Anton taken after he is arrested?
(a) A children's home.
(b) A military camp.
(c) A labor camp.
(d) A police station.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mrs. Beumer tells Anton that who was killed on the night of the assault?

2. The woman in the cell with Anton is in love with whom?

3. What is the name of Anton's neighbor who lives with his daughter?

4. When Anton returns to Haarlam for the first time, whose house does he first go to?

5. What is the Steenwijk family doing when they hear shots?

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