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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Micha," Belarus, Spring 1999.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How are Lore and her siblings received by the first set of strangers they meet?
(a) With care and concern.
(b) Apathetically.
(c) With disdain.
(d) With pity.

2. What does Helmut notice during the family beach vacation?
(a) He may be strong enough to be a soldier.
(b) His arm is strong but his body is weak.
(c) It seems as empty there as in the city.
(d) Mutti and Papi are still proud of his work.

3. What does Micha do in order to distract himself from Opa's past?
(a) Focus on his work as a schoolteacher.
(b) Play with his daughter and Mina.
(c) Concentrate on the future with his parents.
(d) Talk with Luise.

4. What are Lore's nightmares about?
(a) Americans taking their food.
(b) German Nazis taking her parents away.
(c) Strangers blocking their way to Oma's.
(d) The end of the war is not really here.

5. How does Lore reunite with Oma?
(a) The Meyers see Lore searching and ask if she needs help.
(b) Wiebke recognizes Lore.
(c) Oma recognizes Juri first.
(d) Tomas finds Oma and brings Lore back.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the farmer's wife ask if Lore's mother is still around?

2. What opportunity opens up for Papi?

3. What changes described in Section 3 are occurring in Germany's economy?

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

5. What happens to Helmut's feelings about being a soldier in Section 4?

(see the answer key)

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