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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. When in 1941 does Gerhard come home?
2. What furniture is in the interrogation room where Helmuth is taken at the Gestapo headquarters?
3. In 1940 when Gerhard leaves for mandatory Reich Labor Service, where is he stationed?
4. When do the British bomb Hamburg?
5. What sensation does Helmuth feel as he prepares to write last letters to his family?
Short Essay Questions
1. When Helmuth tells Hugo what he is writing his thesis for graduation, what does Hugo tell him?
2. What is it like at the train station when Helmuth and his family say good-bye to Gerhard?
3. What does Herr Meins say about Helmuth's essay and the topic?
4. What does Helmuth discover at his workplace after he graduates from school?
5. How does Helmuth feel after he betrays Karl and Rudi and why does he decide that he must live?
6. Where do prisoners wait for their interrogations at Gestapo headquarters and how do they wait?
7. What does Helmuth discover when he first listens to Gerhard's shortwave?
8. What is the interrogation room like when Helmuth is interrogated a second time by the Gestapo?
9. Why does Helmuth sometimes hate Gerhard?
10. What is heard and seen at midnight on New Year's Eve in 1940?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Helmuth is adopted by his mother’s husband, Hugo Hubener. How does Hugo influence Helmuth’s family, including his brothers? What is his role in Helmuth’s life, and how does his role change after Helmuth’s sentencing?
Essay Topic 2
Helmuth learns from BBC broadcasts that Germany is not truthful about the progress of the war and uses propaganda to mask Germany’s losses. What propaganda does Hitler use? How does he use propaganda to control the German people? How is propaganda used to motivate the German people into supporting the war?
Essay Topic 3
Helmuth begins to realize that Hitler and the Nazis are lying. What are the circumstances and people who influence Helmuth? How do those circumstance and people influence Helmuth and lead him to want to tell the truth?
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