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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Mr. Korteweg used to keep upstairs?
(a) His stamp collection.
(b) Lizards.
(c) Mice.
(d) Jews.

2. What is the name of the man shot in front of Anton's house?
(a) Ploeg.
(b) Schulz.
(c) Mr. Steenwijk.
(d) Mr. Korteweg.

3. What is left of Anton's old house in the Second Episode?
(a) The front porch.
(b) Some window panes.
(c) Most of their furniture.
(d) A fence and weeds.

4. What is Anton's childhood home next to?
(a) An ocean.
(b) A tulip field.
(c) A canal.
(d) A church.

5. How does Anton react to the events of the night of the assault?
(a) He denies that they ever happened.
(b) He is angry about them.
(c) He does not want to remember them.
(d) He is determined to revenge them.

6. Immediately after visiting the Beumers in the Second Episode, where does Anton go?
(a) To the birthday party.
(b) To his uncle's.
(c) To the memorial.
(d) To his old house.

7. Who recognizes Anton when he returns to his old neighborhood in the Second Episode?
(a) Mr. Beumer.
(b) Mr. Korteweg.
(c) Mrs. Beumer.
(d) Karin Korteweg.

8. Who says to Anton, "Pickles are just like crocodiles"?
(a) Van Liempt.
(b) Mrs. Beumer.
(c) Mr. Beumer.
(d) Mr. Korteweg.

9. Why does Anton's family spend all their time in the dining room?
(a) Because they only have one room.
(b) Because the rest of the house is not heated.
(c) Because they sold the rest of their furniture.
(d) Because they are hiding from the police.

10. Why is Anton surprised when Mrs. Beumer tells him about the monument?
(a) Because his uncle had not told him about it.
(b) Because Mrs. Beumer is senile.
(c) Because he thought no one else knew about it.
(d) Because he had forgotten that his uncle told him about it.

11. Why does Mrs. Beumer believe that Anton's mother was killed?
(a) Because she was Jewish.
(b) Because she was Peter's mother.
(c) Because she refused to leave the house.
(d) Because she attacked a soldier.

12. Who throws the keys of the Steenwijk house into the darkness?
(a) Mrs. Steenwijk.
(b) Peter.
(c) The soldiers.
(d) Anton.

13. Why does Anton speculate that Peter's name is not on the monument?
(a) Because he was an armed resistor.
(b) Because he was not Dutch.
(c) Because he had not died that night.
(d) Because his identity was unknown.

14. What do the soldiers do to Anton's childhood house?
(a) Sell it.
(b) Bomb it.
(c) Burn it.
(d) Vandalize it.

15. Why does Peter never leave the Steenwijk house?
(a) So he will not be sent to a labor camp.
(b) Because he has a disease.
(c) So he will not be conscripted in the army.
(d) Because he is a fugitive.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Anton walk while visiting Haarlem in the Second Episode?

2. Who had Anton befriended at school?

3. Where is Anton taken after he is arrested?

4. After hearing shots, what does Anton see through the window?

5. What is the name of Anton's escort to Amsterdam in the First Episode?

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