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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Anton return to Haarlem for the first time after the assault?
(a) To visit the Beumer's.
(b) To attend a birthday party.
(c) To visit a monument.
(d) To attend a funeral.

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

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

4. In the First Episode, who questions Anton when he reaches Amsterdam?
(a) A cab driver.
(b) A policeman.
(c) A British soldier.
(d) A general.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Anton's mother doing at the beginning of the First Episode?

3. When Anton visits Gerrit Jan's house in the Second Episode, what war are they discussing?

4. What do the soldiers demand of Anton's family after the shooting?

5. Anton finds out that what happened to Peter the night of the assault?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Peter want to move the body of Fake Ploeg?

2. Why is the birthday party in the Second Episode significant?

3. What happens to Anton the morning after the shooting?

4. In the Second Episode, why does Anton leave the birthday party early?

5. Why does Anton not know about the memorial to the Resistance hostages until Mrs. Beumer tells him?

6. Upon arriving in Amsterdam, what happens to Anton in the First Episode?

7. After the liberation, how does Anton find out whether his parents are dead or alive?

8. How are Anton's parents different from the others listed on the memorial?

9. Describe the neighborhood in which Anton grows up.

10. When he returns to his old neighborhood, what information does Mrs. Beumer give Anton that he had not known before?

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