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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does Anton meet Cor Takes?
(a) At a wedding.
(b) On the street.
(c) At a party.
(d) At a bar.

3. What does Cor Takes want to know from Anton?
(a) Why the soldiers burnt down his house.
(b) How long his parents lived.
(c) Where the Resistance hostages were shot.
(d) What Truus Coster talked about the night of the assault.

4. Where does Fake Ploeg live in the Third Episode?
(a) Haarlam.
(b) Den Helder.
(c) America.
(d) Amsterdam.

5. While Anton is talking to Cor Takes in his basement, why does Cor Takes leave the room?
(a) To call his wife.
(b) To look for Truus Coster.
(c) To call the police.
(d) To answer the telephone.

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

7. What is the name of the girl who spent a night in jail with Anton?
(a) Truus Coster.
(b) Saskia Steenwifjk.
(c) Truus Rutgers.
(d) Sandra Steenwijk.

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

9. What part of the newspaper does Anton spend the most time on?
(a) Classifieds.
(b) The crossword puzzle.
(c) The obituaries.
(d) Foreign news.

10. Where does Anton move in 1953?
(a) To an apartment.
(b) To a villa.
(c) To a friend's house.
(d) To a dormitory.

11. Why did Truus Coster not escape the night of the assault?
(a) She could not run as fast as Cor Takes.
(b) She turned back to help Fake Ploeg.
(c) She had been shot in the back.
(d) She felt guilty for shooting Fake Ploeg.

12. What did Saskia's father do during the war?
(a) Belonged to a Resistance organization.
(b) Spied for the Nazi's.
(c) Hid Jews in the attic.
(d) Worked as an ambulance driver.

13. What kind of student is Anton?
(a) Fair-to-middling.
(b) Superior.
(c) Sloppy.
(d) Failing.

14. In the Third Episode, why does Anton park his scooter a few blocks away from his apartment?
(a) So that no one will recognize him.
(b) To prevent damage to it.
(c) So that his friend can use the scooter to escape.
(d) Because he is not going to his apartment.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Anton specialize in?

2. Cor Takes tells Anton that after shooting Fake Ploeg, he hid with Truus Coster where?

3. What does Anton publish in a student magazine?

4. To what does Anton attribute Fake Ploeg's lies concerning his father?

5. After Fake Ploeg leaves Anton's apartment, what are all of Anton's things covered in?

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