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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 1942 what is Helmuth's last request?
(a) To write letters to his family.
(b) To see his family.
(c) To receive clemency.
(d) That his family be allowed to leave the country.

2. In 1942, who are the first agents to interrogate Helmuth?
(a) Werner and Mohns.
(b) Richter and Maier.
(c) Schafer and Fischer.
(d) Wangemann and Mussner.

3. What job does Helmuth do for his church in 1940?
(a) Church secretary.
(b) Church treasurer.
(c) Janitor.
(d) Librarian.

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

5. In 1941 after Helmuth graduates, where does he work?
(a) Social welfare department.
(b) City government officers.
(c) Library.
(d) City water department.

Short Answer Questions

1. What furniture is in the interrogation room where Helmuth is taken at the Gestapo headquarters?

2. When in 1941 does Gerhard come home?

3. What is the name of Helmuth's teacher during his last year of school in 1941?

4. After seeing Karl in the Hall of Mirrors, when does Rudi again see Karl, Rudi, or Duwer again?

5. On New Year's Eve 1940, what broadcast is Helmuth briefly able to tune in on a radio?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Helmuth sometimes hate Gerhard?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What damage is done in Hamburg when British bombers bomb the city in June 1940?

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

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