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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the farmer's wife ask if Lore's mother is still around?
(a) Mutti has gone to find Vati.
(b) Mutti has possibly gone with the Americans.
(c) Mutti has possibly died.
(d) Mutti has been captured by the Nazis.

2. What attracts Lore to a particular tree?
(a) Crowds of people looking at something.
(b) A "Wanted" picture of Vati.
(c) Two nice looking women to approach for directions.
(d) The large shade it provides in the heat.

3. Who are Gladigau's most common clients?
(a) Soldiers off to war or widowed women.
(b) Whole families.
(c) Widows and orphaned children.
(d) Widowed men and soldiers.

4. What does Lore leave behind when Lore and the children leave a woman's home?
(a) Her mother's earrings.
(b) Some money.
(c) Some of their food for the woman and her child.
(d) Diapers and extra clothing.

5. Where does Helmut make a home after his is destroyed?
(a) In a cellar.
(b) In an abandoned bakery.
(c) At the train station.
(d) In Gladigau's shop.

6. What is Tomas' tattoo most likely to be?
(a) The Jewish marker from the Holocaust.
(b) A prisoner's marker.
(c) A cross.
(d) A Nazi marker.

7. Who is the first to indicate Helmut's disability to him?
(a) The sports teacher.
(b) Gladigau.
(c) Papi.
(d) The train station guard.

8. Where are the refugees coming from?
(a) The eastern front.
(b) The Steppes.
(c) From Italy.
(d) The western front.

9. What makes the children start to fight when Mutti speaks with the farmer?
(a) Juri hits Leisel for waking him up.
(b) Peter wakes up crying.
(c) Lore pinches Leisel for trying to open the door.
(d) The twins want candy.

10. How is Papi best described?
(a) Happy and cheerful.
(b) Proud of his son.
(c) Disloyal to the Third Reich.
(d) Hard working.

11. How does Helmut consistently obtain food?
(a) He visits the soup kitchen everyday.
(b) He sweeps the train station in exchange for food.
(c) He takes photos in exchange for food.
(d) He begs when the bakery truck comes in every day.

12. Who helps Helmut when he is confronted at the train station?
(a) The train station guard.
(b) A soldier.
(c) Papi.
(d) A stranger.

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

14. Where does Lore's family run to hide when the end of the war is near?
(a) Nurembourg.
(b) Hamburg.
(c) A farm in a valley.
(d) Bavaria.

15. What images of veterans are described in Section 4?
(a) Families give them warm welcomings.
(b) There is a parade for their return.
(c) They walk proudly.
(d) They are disabled and homeless.

Short Answer Questions

1. How are Lore and the children able to get food when there is no money?

2. What happens to Mutti and Papi after the second bombing?

3. What is Helmut's ritual when bombs fall in closely?

4. Where is Helmut born?

5. What does Lore do with the badges of the party?

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