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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. What item of Truus Coster's does Cor Takes keep in a drawer in his basement?
(a) A lock of hair.
(b) Her hair ribbon.
(c) Her handkerchief.
(d) Her gun.

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

3. Cor Takes tells Anton that Fake Ploeg shot whom?
(a) Truus Coster.
(b) Truus Coster's sister.
(c) Cor Takes's brother.
(d) Cor Takes.

4. Cor Takes tells Anton that after shooting Fake Ploeg, he hid with Truus Coster where?
(a) Under a tree.
(b) In the Steenwijk's basement.
(c) In the bushes.
(d) In a garbage can.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Anton realizes that he married Saskia because of what?

2. How does Fake Ploeg threaten Anton in the Third Episode?

3. After Anton asks Fake Ploeg if his father's name should be on the monument, what does Fake do?

4. Why does Anton's uncle not attend his wedding?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the similarities and differences between Anton and Fake Ploeg (the son)?

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

3. Why does Anton choose to study anesthesiology?

4. What are Anton's pastimes while he is an intern?

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

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

7. How does Fake Ploeg speak of his father?

8. Where is Anton living and working in the Fourth Episode?

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

10. How does Anton meet Cor Takes?

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