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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Jochen die?
(a) The Russians shoot him.
(b) He falls out of a hayloft.
(c) He is captured by American soldiers.
(d) He drowns in the river.

2. What is Kolesnik's role during the war?
(a) Translator.
(b) He burned the piles of bodies.
(c) Waffen-SS man.
(d) He assigned numbers and letters to the Jews.

3. Whose grave does Micha visit?
(a) Elena's.
(b) Jozef's.
(c) Opa's.
(d) Oma's.

4. What news does Mutti give about Vati in Section 6?
(a) He is dead.
(b) He is out of contact.
(c) He is in a Russian prison.
(d) He is safe.

5. What is the scene like on the train when Juri and Leisel first enter?
(a) Eerily calm.
(b) Confusion over how the children will get on the train.
(c) Friendly.
(d) Mobbish.

6. What secret do the children keep from Oma and Wiebke?
(a) They sent an extra letter to Mutti.
(b) Lore plans to leave with Tomas.
(c) Tomas, their secret brother.
(d) They stole, lied, and cheated on their way to Oma's.

7. What surprise does Micha learn about Opa?
(a) Opa and Oma were never legally married.
(b) Opa is part Jewish.
(c) Opa was a member of the Waffen-SS in World War II.
(d) Opa is not his Mutti's real father.

8. Why does Andrej get angry with Micha?
(a) Andrej finds out about Micha's Opa.
(b) Andrej learns Micha is German.
(c) Micha let Kolesnik visit Andrej's home.
(d) Micha is rude to Andrej's mother.

9. What is Micha's relationship like with his Oma as he learns more about his Opa?
(a) He refuses to speak with her.
(b) He is angry she never told him the truth.
(c) He pities her.
(d) He feels closer to her.

10. What is the family's response to Micha's search?
(a) They do not care so long as they are not involved.
(b) They want him to stop.
(c) They encourage the truth to be revealed.
(d) They want to know but do not want to talk about it.

11. What is it about Micha's school that angers him?
(a) That his school does not teach about the labor camps.
(b) They cover the Nazi regime as only a small part of history.
(c) He sees hints of racism in the school curriculum.
(d) The way the children learn about the occupations.

12. Why does Leisel punch Lore?
(a) Leisel discovers Lore lied about Vati.
(b) Lore gives the last dips of sugar to Juri.
(c) Leisel is angry that Mutti is not with Oma.
(d) Lore tells Tomas he should leave.

13. Where does Micha go to search the truth about his Opa?
(a) Grodno.
(b) Minsk.
(c) Auschwitz.
(d) Moscow.

14. Why is Elena angry with Micha?
(a) Elena is upset Micha does not speak with Jozef.
(b) Micha does not understand her when she takes him to an important site.
(c) Micha says he is not their friend and does not know why he is there.
(d) She wants him to stay longer.

15. Why does Lore stop seeing Tomas?
(a) Wiebke tells her it is shameful.
(b) Lore discovers his secret and is appalled.
(c) Oma is suspicious of her whereabouts.
(d) His angry response to her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Micha and Jozef's first conversation can be described as ____________.

2. What sign of trouble does Tomas see when Lore and her siblings attempt to get on the train?

3. What does Lore do to Tomas' belongings before she buries them?

4. Who does Micha cry for when he cries about Opa's past?

5. Where do Lore and her siblings sleep regularly when they reach their destination?

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