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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Micha identify historical sites related to the Nazis?
(a) He asks a mechanic standing nearby.
(b) There are signs all over the city.
(c) The red dots on his map.
(d) He hires a personal tour guide.

2. What indicates the closeness between Lore's family and Tomas?
(a) Tomas carries Peter as often as Lore.
(b) Leisel and Juri fight to sleep next to Tomas.
(c) Juri sleeps in Tomas' lap on the train.
(d) Tomas and Lore always sleep with their arms touching.

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

4. What does Lore do to Tomas' belongings before she buries them?
(a) Burns them to ashes.
(b) Smells them.
(c) Washes them.
(d) Cuts off a piece for her to keep.

5. How does Mina feel about Micha's determination?
(a) She is hesistant about what he may find.
(b) Supportive of his passion.
(c) Angry that he is not focusing on the present.
(d) Mina does not mind as long as the family remains together.

6. What is Oma's demeanor like?
(a) Paranoid.
(b) Businesslike.
(c) Haphazard.
(d) Constant showers of hugs and kisses.

7. Who comforts Lore as she cries in bed?
(a) Wiebke.
(b) Juri.
(c) Leisel.
(d) Oma.

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

9. What does Lore notice when the children take a picture together?
(a) They have darkened under the sun during their trip.
(b) They look healthier than they feel.
(c) They look like thin and scraggly strangers.
(d) No one is smiling.

10. Where does Tomas go when the children leave to Oma?
(a) Stays in a Red Cross refugee shelter.
(b) Sleeps at an unused train station.
(c) Stays in a church.
(d) Lives in an abandoned house.

11. Where does Micha stay on his last visit to Opa's old World War II station?
(a) Andrej's.
(b) Jozef's home.
(c) In a hotel.
(d) His Oma's old house.

12. Where do Lore and her siblings sleep regularly when they reach their destination?
(a) In Wiebke's old room.
(b) In Oma's one room house.
(c) In the cellar.
(d) At the Meyers' house.

13. What does Lore overhear on the train?
(a) Tomas is a fugitive.
(b) The pictures posted all around are fakes.
(c) The Nazi trials are underway.
(d) Vati and Mutti are in prison.

14. What does Elena show Micha?
(a) Photos of his Opa during the war.
(b) The grave of her brother, who was also an SS man.
(c) Jozef's old photos.
(d) The site of the Jewish killings.

15. How does Micha confuse Oma?
(a) Micha talks to her about Opa as if he is a stranger.
(b) Micha visits on a non-regular day.
(c) Micha confronts her about her history.
(d) Micha takes her to a new place to talk.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How does Jochen die?

4. Where does Micha go to search the truth about his Opa?

5. Which character gives up their own bed for the children to sleep on?

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