The Dark Room Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Rachel Seiffert
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 161 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Dark Room Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Rachel Seiffert
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 161 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What occurs overnight at the church Lore and the children sleep in?
(a) Their food is stolen.
(b) A young man comes and sleeps in the pew next to them.
(c) Their carriage is stolen.
(d) They are evicted by the church members.

3. What part of Germany is Lore's family from?
(a) Cologne.
(b) Bavaria.
(c) Berlin.
(d) Nurembourg.

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

5. What is Helmut's reaction during the second bombing?
(a) He walks outside and wanders the streets.
(b) He cries and stays in his bed until it is all over.
(c) He yells for his parents while running around the streets.
(d) He yells and runs to the cellar with the other tenants.

6. Why does Lore bury the last of Vati's pictures?
(a) All the keepsakes are weighing her down.
(b) Leisel keeps asking for them so Lore gets rid of them.
(c) To keep them safe until she can return for them another time.
(d) She is fearful of the evidence.

7. How does Helmut react to his photos of the gypsies?
(a) He is excited about the bright colors of the gypsy clothing.
(b) He is angry that he took the pictures instead of trying to stop the SS.
(c) He is angry at the results.
(d) He is surprised at the good action shots.

8. What are Lore's feelings after several days on the road?
(a) She wants to stop and not go any further.
(b) She is grateful for her siblings' good behavior.
(c) She thinks it is not as bad as she assumed it would be.
(d) She is tired of being the caretaker.

9. What is Helmut's ritual when bombs fall in closely?
(a) Cover his ears, close his eyes, and pray in the dark.
(b) Take cover in the dark room.
(c) Look blankly outside the window for the lights.
(d) Scream at the noise.

10. What does the old woman lie to Lore about to get money?
(a) A way to get train tickets.
(b) Where the nearest Red Cross food line is.
(c) Correct directions to Oma's.
(d) That paraffin will kill the lice.

11. How many siblings does Lore have?
(a) Two.
(b) Five.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

12. What is Helmut's secret agenda regarding the photos he takes of Berlin?
(a) Documenting train station details.
(b) Counting the population decline of Berlin.
(c) Documenting the brutality of the SS for evidence.
(d) Making a collage for Gladigau.

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

14. What are usually Lore's first and last thoughts of the day?
(a) The farmer's son.
(b) Vati.
(c) The war's end.
(d) Mutti's health.

15. Who are the people that are leaving the city and where are they going?
(a) Soldiers going to war and jobs outside the city.
(b) Jewish citizens going to prison camps.
(c) Regular German citizens moving to rural areas.
(d) Members of the Nazi party going to Switzerland.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the reader know the woman who helps Lore is also in bad shape?

2. What does Lore have to give up to get more food and shelter for a night?

3. What motivates Helmut to exercise his arm?

4. What transaction occurs between Mutti and the visitors from the jeep?

5. Who does Juri offer his bread to despite his own hunger?

(see the answer keys)

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