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

2. What does Anton specialize in?
(a) Surgery.
(b) Pediatrics.
(c) Radiology.
(d) Anesthesia.

3. Which relative of Cor Takes had been one of the twenty-nine Resistance hostages?
(a) His oldest sister.
(b) His uncle.
(c) His mother.
(d) His youngest brother.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Truus Coster not escape the night of the assault?

2. What does Anton publish in a student magazine?

3. What part of the newspaper does Anton spend the most time on?

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

5. What surprises Cor Takes about the events on the night of the assault?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is in Cor Takes's basement?

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

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

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

5. How does Anton feel about politics?

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

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

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

9. What has changed in Anton's life between the Second and Third Episode?

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

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