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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 is captured by American soldiers.
(c) He falls out of a hayloft.
(d) He drowns in the river.

2. Which character gives up their own bed for the children to sleep on?
(a) Tomas.
(b) The neighbor next door.
(c) Oma.
(d) Wiebke.

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

4. How does Oma feel about Mutti and Vati's Nazi involvement?
(a) She condemns them because of it and disowns them.
(b) She believes they are still good people.
(c) She believes they are in the right.
(d) She believes they are rightfully punished but still loves them.

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

6. Who does Micha cry for when he cries about Opa's past?
(a) The innocent people Opa killed.
(b) Opa.
(c) Himself.
(d) His family.

7. What does Mina try to remind Micha about?
(a) That his Oma still loves him.
(b) That Opa is still the same grandfather.
(c) That Opa killed Jews in the war.
(d) That his family is not responsible for Opa's actions.

8. What are Tomas' feelings after Jochen dies?
(a) He wants to seek revenge.
(b) He wishes he never met the family.
(c) He wants to separate from the family.
(d) He feels he could have prevented it.

9. Who else wants to know the truth if Micha finds it?
(a) Mina.
(b) Vati.
(c) Mutti.
(d) Luise.

10. What bothers Micha about Mina's background?
(a) Mina is part Jewish.
(b) Micha believes she considers herself Turkish first.
(c) Mina does not consider herself German.
(d) Mina does not care about the German culture.

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

12. Where do the kids stay when they reach Oma's city?
(a) In a Red Cross refugee shelter.
(b) The ferry dock.
(c) A nearby church.
(d) In an abandoned building.

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

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

15. How does Micha feel about himself?
(a) He feels brave for his search.
(b) He is lucky to know Opa as a grandfather first.
(c) He is lost in his search.
(d) He is a coward.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lore notice when the children take a picture together?

2. Where do Lore and her siblings presume Vati to be?

3. What confuses Lore when they are close to Oma's?

4. How does Jozef describe the reactions of the SS men after a shooting?

5. What is it about Micha's school that angers him?

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