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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Leisel do to anger Lore?
(a) Mention Mutti and the camp out loud.
(b) Talk to strangers.
(c) Refuse to walk further without more food.
(d) Call out for Vati in the middle of town.

2. What does Lore hear at the hideout when she listens out the window?
(a) Bombs.
(b) Birdsongs.
(c) Tanks over rubble in the streets.
(d) Everything is quiet.

3. Who knocks on Helmut's door when the second bombing occurs?
(a) A 14 year old gunner.
(b) The neighbor's mother.
(c) Mutti.
(d) SS men.

4. What does Helmut do when he meets the refugees?
(a) Argues that they are liars.
(b) Begs them for money.
(c) Scolds them for being cowards.
(d) Spews out Nazi speeches and logic.

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

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

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

8. What does Helmut notice about the train station?
(a) There are more people departing than arriving.
(b) The number of trains is increasing.
(c) The number of trains is decreasing.
(d) The people leaving are all soldiers.

9. What is the biggest difference to Lore between her hometown and her hideout?
(a) The new place is much larger in size.
(b) The new place seems busier than the old place.
(c) The new place is intact and not bombed out everywhere.
(d) The people at the new place are welcoming compared to the people at home.

10. How does Helmut feel about the veterans at the train station?
(a) He is jealous and hates them.
(b) He recognizes that he is better off than they are.
(c) He is appalled by their actions.
(d) He is starstruck and tries to speak with them.

11. What fault does Helmut notice about cameras when shooting around Berlin?
(a) Pictures do not exactly match what the witness really sees.
(b) The cameras are heavy with too many parts.
(c) Cameras are too bulky to shoot in secret.
(d) The developed colors are never correct.

12. What opportunity is Helmut given in 1945?
(a) He opens the shop under his name.
(b) He is accepted by the army.
(c) He shows Gladigau his documentation of Berlin.
(d) He gains real employment at the train station.

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

14. How does Helmut gain friends as a child?
(a) He impresses them with his knowledge about trains.
(b) He takes photos of them.
(c) He buys sweets.
(d) He is an extrovert.

15. What dilemma does Lore run into by the second day out?
(a) Whether to stay on the road or walk through fields.
(b) Whether to buy milk for Peter or bread for the rest of the children.
(c) Whether to continue to walk or buy train tickets.
(d) Whether to ask for directions or avoid conversations with people.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mutti bring back from town after days of being sick?

2. What is the reaction of the refugees when they first meet Helmut?

3. Who are Gladigau's most common clients?

4. Who comes to visit Mutti in a jeep?

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

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