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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Helmut," Section 5 (Pages 44-47).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Helmut's ability as a darkroom technician described?
(a) Slow but progressive.
(b) Average.
(c) Incompetent.
(d) Accurate and skillful.

2. What does Helmut enjoy most about the train station?
(a) Talking to the guard.
(b) People watching.
(c) Watching the train engineers.
(d) The noise.

3. Who commits suicide just days after Helmut's last photo?
(a) Hitler.
(b) Helmut.
(c) Papi.
(d) Churchill.

4. What is constantly on Helmut's mind that reminds him that he is a disappointment?
(a) He is not a soldier.
(b) His sad expressions in family photos.
(c) The way his mother looks at him.
(d) He takes bad photos.

5. What causes Helmut to smile for the first time in a photo?
(a) He meets his parents again after a long time.
(b) He is a soldier.
(c) He meets with Gladigau again after a long time.
(d) He is recently named Berlin's historian.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gladigau's neighborhood look like when Helmut finds it?

2. What do families feel towards Helmut before the bombing?

3. Why is Mutti "clever" for having something on the table every night?

4. How is Helmut's family best described in the photo at the ice cream shop?

5. What will become of Berlin?

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