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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. In 1933, what is the name of the Jewish boy who leaves Helmuth's class at school?
(a) Benno Seligmann.
(b) Mark Kaltenbach.
(c) Thomas Bares.
(d) William Zuver.

2. What day does the executioner work in 1942?
(a) Thursdays.
(b) Tuesdays.
(c) Wednesdays.
(d) Fridays.

3. In 1933, what happens when Herr Seligmann tries to clean the Jewish slurs off his shop windows?
(a) He is beaten to death.
(b) He is arrested.
(c) He is shot.
(d) His shop is burned.

4. In 1942, what day is it?
(a) 264.
(b) 179.
(c) 138.
(d) 271.

5. In 1932, what are the two armies that Helmuth's tin soldiers represent?
(a) Swiss and German.
(b) British and German.
(c) French and German.
(d) Polish and German.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1938 whose murder does the police inspector ask Helmuth and Rudi to find the murderer for?

2. In 1942, what does Helmuth feel when he prays?

3. When does Helmuth's mother have a new boyfriend?

4. In 1942, what is the bed made of?

5. How old is Helmuth when his mother says that she and Hugo will marry and Hugo will adopt Helmuth?

Short Essay Questions

1. in 1938 what questions does Helmuth asks that gets him in trouble and gets him and his classmates extra homework?

2. What is the Treaty of Versailles and how did it affect Germany?

3. In 1938 what does Hugo say about God and Germany?

4. In 1938 what do Helmuth and Rudi decide to do together?

5. What does Helmuth ask his mother after Hugo returns from riots against the Jews in 1939, and what does she tell him?

6. In 1932, where and how is Helmuth playing with toy solidiers?

7. In 1939, why does Hugo say that laws like not listening to foreign radio stations are necessary during wartime?

8. In 1932, what does Helmuth's mother think about living next door to his grandparents?

9. In 1939 what happens to revenge the death of Nazi official, Ernst vom Rath?

10. In 1933, what happens when Herr Seligmann tries to wash off the insults off his shop windows?

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