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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What rank is Hugo Hubener?

2. In May 1933, what does Helmuth hide?

3. What shops do the Jewish families run that Helmuth knows in 1933?

4. In 1932, what music are Helmuth's grandparents playing?

5. In 1938 why does Rudi need to have surgery?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In 1928 what does Helmuth see on the street when he is walking with his mother and half-brothers?

4. What is the Hitler Youth group, and how do its members dress?

5. In 1932, what do Helmuth's grandparents fear?

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

7. When the Reichstag burns in 1933, what decrees does Hitler make?

8. In 1938 why is Rudi interrogated by the Gestapo?

9. What does Helmuth fear in 1942 and why is he relieved after breakfast arrives?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The novel is told from a third-person omniscient point of view. How does having an omniscient narrator help readers understand events and characters? How does the point of view determine how readers view the story and the characters?

Essay Topic 2

At the trial, Helmuth takes full responsibility for his actions. Why does he decide to take all responsibility for the pamphlets and their distribution? What does he hope to accomplish by taking the blame, and does he succeed in achieving his purpose?

Essay Topic 3

Once Hitler became chancellor, he began taking away the rights of German citizens and of Jews. What freedoms did Hitler take from the Germans and the Jews? What force did he establish to enforce his laws? How did Hitler and the Nazis abuse the power they gained?

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