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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Fake Ploeg doing when Anton meets him in the Third Episode?
(a) Protesting against the Communist Party.
(b) Controlling the mob.
(c) Campaigning for the Communist Party.
(d) Escaping from the police.

2. 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) So that his friend can use the scooter to escape.
(c) Because he is not going to his apartment.
(d) To prevent damage to it.

3. What surprises Cor Takes about the events on the night of the assault?
(a) That Fake Ploeg died instantaneously.
(b) That the Kortewegs dragged the body in front of the Steenwijks' house.
(c) That the soldiers burnt Anton's house.
(d) That Anton's parents were given a trial.

4. When Anton meets Fake Ploeg as an adult, what does Fake look like?
(a) A soldier.
(b) The image of his father.
(c) The image of his mother.
(d) A politician.

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

6. Why does Anton make an appointment with Cor Takes?
(a) To look at a gun that was Fake Ploeg's.
(b) To accuse him of causing his family's death.
(c) To see a picture of Truus Coster.
(d) To tell him what Truus Coster spoke about.

7. Which current war is being discussed after the funeral in the Fourth Episode?
(a) World War II.
(b) The Vietnam War.
(c) The Korean War.
(d) The War on Terror.

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

9. What color is Saskia's hair?
(a) Reddish.
(b) Brown.
(c) Black.
(d) Blonde.

10. How are Fake Ploeg and Anton different, according to Anton?
(a) Anton's parents were innocent, but Fake Ploeg's father was not.
(b) Anton is Dutch, but Fake Ploeg is German.
(c) Anton is a Communist, but Fake Ploeg is not.
(d) Anton's parents were guilty, but Fake Ploeg's father was not.

11. What is hanging on the wall of Cor Takes's basement?
(a) A picture of his family.
(b) A World War II poster.
(c) A map of Haarlem.
(d) A map of troop movements from the war.

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

13. In the Third Episode, where is Fake Ploeg working?
(a) A household appliance store.
(b) A cleaning service.
(c) A fine restaurant.
(d) A hospital.

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

15. What is Cor Takes biggest regret concerning the night of the assault?
(a) That Fake Ploeg did not die.
(b) That it caused the hostages to be killed.
(c) That it caused Truus Coster's arrest and death.
(d) That it caused Anton's house to burn.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Ploeg do after the war?

2. What enters Budapest during the Third Episode?

3. How does Anton react to the tumult outside his door in the Third Episode?

4. Which building near Anton's apartment serves as headquarters for the Communist Party?

5. Where does Anton meet Fake Ploeg in the Third Episode?

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