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

2. Who pointed out Cor Takes and Truus Coster to the soldiers?
(a) A young boy.
(b) An old woman.
(c) Peter.
(d) Anton's mother.

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

4. Anton realizes that he married Saskia because of what?
(a) Her helping him forget the assault.
(b) Her resemblance to Truus Coster.
(c) Her father's connection to the Resistance.
(d) Her beauty.

5. Which of the following events happens in the Fourth Episode?
(a) Anton meets his second wife.
(b) Anton meets Fake Ploeg.
(c) Anton meets his first wife.
(d) Anton goes to a birthday party in Haarlam.

Short Answer Questions

1. What enters Budapest during the Third Episode?

2. Why did Cor Takes escape on the night of the assault?

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

4. Which instrument does Anton play?

5. What is the name of Anton's first daughter?

Short Essay Questions

1. What had prevented Truus Coster from escaping on the night of the assault?

2. How does Fake Ploeg speak of his father?

3. Why does Anton choose to study anesthesiology?

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

5. How does Anton meet Cor Takes?

6. Describe Anton's first wife.

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

8. What detail of the night of the assault puzzles both Cor Takes and Anton?

9. What is in Cor Takes's basement?

10. How does Anton feel about politics?

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