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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who provides food rations throughout the German area that Lore and her siblings are traveling through?
(a) The Americans.
(b) The Nazi party.
(c) It is autocratic at this stage.
(d) The German government.

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

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

5. Where are the children when Lore sees the crowd by the tree?
(a) Waiting at a railway station.
(b) Already at the tree with the crowd.
(c) In the bread line.
(d) Playing with a young man they meet in the square.

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

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

8. What does Lore see in some public pictures?
(a) Swastika banners on fire.
(b) A man in a noose.
(c) A burning cross.
(d) Piles of starved, naked people.

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

10. What happens when Lore and her siblings must cross a river with a broken bridge?
(a) Most of the food is lost to the current.
(b) Leisel almost drowns.
(c) Lore and Peter almost drown.
(d) Tomas only helps the younger kids.

11. What major obstacle must Lore face on their way to Oma's?
(a) They cannot remember where Oma's house is.
(b) It is winter season and bitterly cold.
(c) There is no money for food.
(d) There is no post or trains available.

12. How does Helmut feel as the war progresses?
(a) Excited.
(b) Prosperous.
(c) Busy.
(d) Lonely.

13. Who is Lore's family hiding from when they go into hiding?
(a) The American and Russian army.
(b) The French army.
(c) The townspeople who hate them.
(d) The Nazi party.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What runs through Helmut's mind as he looks for his parents after the bombings?

2. What is Tomas' tattoo most likely to be?

3. How do Helmut's parents deny his birth defect?

4. What are Lore's feelings after several days on the road?

5. Who helps Helmut when he is confronted at the train station?

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