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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. Why does Helmuth decide he has to live after he betrays Rudi and Karl?
(a) To try to save them.
(b) To take the blame.
(c) As a punishment.
(d) To explain.

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

3. In the Hall of Mirrors, how often are prisoners allowed to use the toilet?
(a) Every four hours.
(b) Once a day.
(c) Every three hours.
(d) Never.

4. What does Brother Worbs pray for in a prayer on New Year's Eve 1940?
(a) Freedom from the Nazi butchers.
(b) Peace.
(c) End of Hitler's rule.
(d) End of the war.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Helmuth is returned to Gestapo headquarters in 1942, what color do his and other prisoners wear?

2. In the radio report that Helmuth hears in March 1941, how many tons of merchant vessels were sunk by the Germans from March 16 through the 23?

3. When Helmuth thinks about creating a pamphlet, what is the name of the essay that he writes?

4. When do German troops march into France?

5. What does Helmuth do on New Year's Eve in 1941?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Helmuth feel after he betrays Karl and Rudi and why does he decide that he must live?

2. What does Helmuth discover when he first listens to Gerhard's shortwave?

3. What is it like at the train station when Helmuth and his family say good-bye to Gerhard?

4. What does Helmuth do that leads to his arrest?

5. As Helmuth prepares to write his last letters to his family what does he think about what he has done?

6. What does Duwer say when he reads one of Helmuth's pamphlets?

7. How does Helmuth feel as 1940 ends?

8. What is the concentration camp like where Helmuth is taken after his first interrogation?

9. Why does Helmuth sometimes hate Gerhard?

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

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