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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 Helmuth doing as the SS sit at a large table in the middle of the room and talk and laugh?
(a) Hangs upside down from a rope.
(b) Stands chained to a post.
(c) Is forced to kneel in water.
(d) Stands with his nose one inch from the wall.

2. In September 1940, where are Helmuth, Rudi, and Karl walking home from?
(a) Choir practice.
(b) Prayer meeting.
(c) Church youth group.
(d) Bible study.

3. During the last day of school for Helmuth in 1941, what does his teacher say is his gift?
(a) Interpretation.
(b) Science.
(c) Leadership.
(d) Mathematics.

4. In 1941, when does Gerhard graduate from training in the signal corps and sent to officer training school in Warsaw?
(a) September.
(b) November.
(c) October.
(d) August.

5. In 1942 when four prison official enter Helmuth's cell, how many guards accompany them?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1941, when do the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor?

2. In September 1940 when Helmuth sings an American song and Hitler Youth hear him, what is he told could be his punishment?

3. In 1940 how long after British bombers bomb Hamburg does Paris fall to the Germans?

4. In 1941 when Helmuth helps Brother Worbs home, what injuries does Brother Worbs have?

5. What is the place called where Helmuth and the other prisoners are taken at Gestapo headquarters?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Helmuth discover at his workplace after he graduates from school?

2. When and for what is Helmuth found guilty and what is his sentence?

3. As 1940 ends, how is the war proceeding and what rumors are heard?

4. Where does Gerhard go for his mandatory Reich Labor Service and what does he do?

5. When Helmuth tells Hugo what he is writing his thesis for graduation, what does Hugo tell him?

6. Why does Helmuth sometimes hate Gerhard?

7. After German troops march into France, what is done in Hamburg to prepare for war?

8. How does Helmuth feel as 1940 ends?

9. When Gerhard comes home in 1941, what does he look like?

10. When British bombers bomb Hamburg in June 1940, what do Helmuth and Rudi say about the incident?

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