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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) As a punishment.
(b) To try to save them.
(c) To explain.
(d) To take the blame.

2. After seeing Karl in the Hall of Mirrors, where does Rudi see Karl, Rudi, or Duwer again?
(a) Blood Tribunal.
(b) Justice Center.
(c) Hall of Mirrors.
(d) People's Tribunal.

3. On New Year's Eve 1940 what food do Helmuth, Rudi, and Brother Worbs have?
(a) Hot cider and jelly doughnuts.
(b) Milk and cookies.
(c) Cake and ice cream.
(d) Chocolate cake.

4. When in 1941 does Gerhard come home?
(a) April.
(b) May.
(c) February.
(d) March.

5. What has Helmuth learned not to do in the mornings after being interrogated by the Gestapo?
(a) Do calisthenics.
(b) Not eat.
(c) Not drink.
(d) Use the bathroom.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1940, how many people can the bomb shelters built in Hamburg hold?

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

3. In 1940 after Paris falls to the Germans, where does Hitler send the Luftwaffe to bomb?

4. As 1940 ends, where is it rumored that camps are being built to detain Jews?

5. In the Hall of Mirrors, how often are prisoners allowed to use the toilet?

Short Essay Questions

1. In 1942, what happens at 1:05 p.m. while Helmuth is in his cell?

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

3. What is heard and seen at midnight on New Year's Eve in 1940?

4. How does Helmuth feel as 1940 ends?

5. Where do prisoners wait for their interrogations at Gestapo headquarters and how do they wait?

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

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

8. How do the Gestapo agents search Helmuth's grandparents' apartment, and what do they find?

9. What is the interrogation room like when Helmuth is interrogated a second time by the Gestapo?

10. Why does Helmuth get in trouble one September night in 1940?

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