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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Which of Helmut's family portraits does Papi usually prefer?
(a) Ones that hide Helmut's birth defect.
(b) Ones that show the entire family smiling and proud.
(c) Ones that include Helmut in uniform.
(d) Ones that include Helmut smiling.

4. What is the woman's reaction when Lore asks about the amount of food provided compared to the payment?
(a) She gets angry that Lore is unappreciative.
(b) She offers more food that she was hiding.
(c) She shrugs and later apologizes.
(d) She takes the food and gives Lore's payment back.

5. What happens to Mutti and Papi after the second bombing?
(a) They are hiding in the cellar.
(b) They are assumed to have evacuated.
(c) They are stuck under the rubble.
(d) They are assumed dead.

6. What opportunity opens up for Papi?
(a) A management position.
(b) A full-time photographer posiiton.
(c) Papi works at the train station.
(d) Papi works for the army.

7. Where do Lore and her siblings sleep on their second night?
(a) Outside on the ground.
(b) In a young man's home.
(c) In a barn.
(d) On a cart.

8. What opportunity does Gladigau give Helmut?
(a) He leaves Helmut responsible when on vacation.
(b) He lets him document the emptying of the city.
(c) He lets him document the rebuilding of the train station.
(d) He gives Helmut the shop in his will.

9. To what does Helmut devote one photo from each roll of film?
(a) A picture of his old neighborhood.
(b) A picture of his cellar.
(c) A picture of the train station.
(d) A picture of himself.

10. Who comes to visit Mutti in a jeep?
(a) The French.
(b) Americans.
(c) The British.
(d) Russians.

11. Who does Helmut pose with in his smiling picture?
(a) The train station guard.
(b) Gladigau.
(c) A troop of soldiers.
(d) His parents.

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

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

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

15. What does a woman offer Lore when Lore sits down very tired?
(a) A place to nap.
(b) A way to get to Oma's.
(c) Her last milk and bread.
(d) Help with directions.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Helmut consistently obtain food?

2. Where is Gladigau after the second bombing?

3. What major obstacle must Lore face on their way to Oma's?

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

5. What causes Helmut to smile for the first time in a photo?

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