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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 did Fake Ploeg never finish high school?
(a) He failed his classes.
(b) He had to support his mother and sisters.
(c) He had no interest in academics.
(d) He was arrested.

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

3. What is Fake Ploeg holding when Anton meets him in the Third Episode?
(a) A rock.
(b) A Molotov cocktail.
(c) A sign.
(d) A gun.

4. How does Anton respond to Fake Ploeg's anger at the end of the Third Episode?
(a) With bitterness.
(b) With anger.
(c) With callousness.
(d) With sympathy.

5. What does Fake Ploeg break in Anton's apartment?
(a) A glass.
(b) A mirror.
(c) A window.
(d) A piano.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happened to Mrs. Ploeg after the war?

3. What enters Budapest during the Third Episode?

4. Cor Takes tells Anton that Truus Coster was killed when?

5. What does Anton suffer from in the Third Episode?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the meeting of Anton and Fake Ploeg when they are adults.

2. What causes Anton and Cor Takes to become emotional while discussing the night of the assault?

3. Why is Anton prevented from entering his apartment in the Third Episode?

4. How does Anton respond to the political unrest in Amsterdam in the Third Episode?

5. What is the political climate in the Third Episode?

6. What physical problem does Anton suffer from in the Third Episode?

7. Is Anton eager to discuss the night of the assault with Cor Takes?

8. What information does Cor Takes give Anton about the assault that he did not know previously?

9. Why does Anton choose to study anesthesiology?

10. How does Fake Ploeg speak of his father?

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