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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 does Rudy hear when he eavesdrops on the conversation between the Nazi party and his parents?
(a) That his mother is going to jail.
(b) That his father is being drafted into the military.
(c) That Hitler has been assassinated.
(d) Rudy does not eavesdrop on the conversation.

2. What ethnicity is the pilot whose plane has crashed near the river?
(a) British.
(b) German.
(c) Canadian.
(d) American.

3. How does the disgruntled card player die?
(a) By a roadside bomb.
(b) From a heart attack.
(c) By a sniper shot.
(d) In a car accident.

4. With what weapon are both Hans and the starving prisoner beaten by the guard?
(a) A pistol.
(b) A whip.
(c) A stone.
(d) A rope.

5. Where is Michael Holtzapfel's body found?
(a) By the riverbed.
(b) His body is never found.
(c) At the local cemetery.
(d) In a shop.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Michael Holtzapfel die?

2. Which of the following characters is drafted to the war at the same time as Hans?

3. Which of the following actions does Hans cease doing once he arrives on the war front?

4. In what month of the year does Hans return home from the war?

5. What excuse does Rudy give the shopkeeper when he is caught stealing apples from the market?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do two men from the Nazi party suddenly show up at Rudy's home to speak with his parents?

2. How is Hans paid for the work he does during the summer of 1942?

3. What happens when Viktor Chemmel steals the book Liesel is reading?

4. What fear does Rosa have if Max were to die?

5. Why does Frau Holtzapfel suddenly stop going to the bomb shelter during air raid drills?

6. How does Michael Holtzapfel die?

7. How does Liesel save Max from being discovered when the men are trolling the neighborhood inspecting basements?

8. How does Rudy react to the physical he is forced to undergo at the Nazi school?

9. What does the LSE do during the war?

10. How does Hans narrowly avoid death during the second World War?

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