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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Cor Takes keep a picture of Truus Coster?
(a) Under his bed.
(b) In his car.
(c) Next to his heart.
(d) In his basement.

2. How are Fake Ploeg and Anton similar?
(a) Both are attending medical school.
(b) Both were Nazi youth.
(c) Both of their fathers were shot.
(d) Both graduated from high school.

3. Where does Anton meet Fake Ploeg in the Third Episode?
(a) At work.
(b) At the Communist Party headquarters.
(c) At his uncle's.
(d) Outside his door.

4. Why did Cor Takes escape on the night of the assault?
(a) Because he was getting help for Truus Coster.
(b) Because he stole someone's car.
(c) Because Truus Coster urged him to leave.
(d) Because he was friends with the policeman.

5. What does Anton publish in a student magazine?
(a) Poems about nature.
(b) His dissertation.
(c) Political essays.
(d) Political poems.

6. To what does Anton attribute Fake Ploeg's lies concerning his father?
(a) Hate.
(b) Stupidity.
(c) Love.
(d) Indifference.

7. After Fake Ploeg leaves Anton's apartment, what are all of Anton's things covered in?
(a) Soot.
(b) Dirt.
(c) Blood.
(d) Water.

8. Which instrument does Anton play?
(a) Trombone.
(b) Piano.
(c) Bagpipes.
(d) Violin.

9. Which building near Anton's apartment serves as headquarters for the Communist Party?
(a) The bakery.
(b) The dentist's office.
(c) Felix Meritis.
(d) The Ortskommandantur.

10. Cor Takes tells Anton that Truus Coster was killed when?
(a) Three weeks before the Liberation.
(b) The night of the assault.
(c) A week after the Liberation.
(d) The day after the assault.

11. What happened to Mrs. Ploeg after the war?
(a) She remarried.
(b) She committed suicide.
(c) She moved to America.
(d) She was arrested.

12. Where does Anton discuss the details of the assault with Cor Takes?
(a) In a cemetery.
(b) At a church.
(c) On the quay.
(d) At the beach.

13. Cor Takes tells Anton that the Steenwijk family should have done what with Fake Ploeg's body?
(a) Handed it over to the police.
(b) Taken it into their house.
(c) Made sure he was dead.
(d) Thrown it into the river.

14. When Anton meets Fake Ploeg in the Third Episode, where does he invite him?
(a) To his apartment.
(b) To his office.
(c) To a pub.
(d) To his uncle's house.

15. On the second night of the protest against the Communist Party, why does Anton decide not to stay at his aunt and uncle's?
(a) He cannot reach their house because of the mob.
(b) He does not believe that the protest will continue for another night.
(c) He knows he will not be welcome.
(d) He is afraid that they will be attacked.

Short Answer Questions

1. What item of Truus Coster's does Cor Takes keep in a drawer in his basement?

2. Anton's uncle is a party leader for which political party?

3. What surprises Cor Takes about the events on the night of the assault?

4. Who pointed out Cor Takes and Truus Coster to the soldiers?

5. What had Cor Takes's mother wanted him to do the night of the assault?

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