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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Lore discover the truth behind the pictures circling around Germany?
(a) She reads off a man's newspaper on the tram.
(b) From two women on the tram.
(c) Lore asks Tomas about them.
(d) Oma tells her the truth.

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

3. Who calls Micha to speak with him about the war?
(a) Andrej.
(b) Kolesnik.
(c) The woman's grandfather from the museum.
(d) Opa.

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

5. What is Micha afraid to tell the person he is staying with?
(a) That he is looking for his Opa.
(b) That he is part Jewish.
(c) That he is a schoolteacher.
(d) That he is in search of Opa's true background.

6. How does Lore reunite with Oma?
(a) The Meyers see Lore searching and ask if she needs help.
(b) Oma recognizes Juri first.
(c) Wiebke recognizes Lore.
(d) Tomas finds Oma and brings Lore back.

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

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

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

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

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

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

13. What secret is Tomas holding from Lore?
(a) Tomas plans to leave without saying goodbye.
(b) Tomas killed a man for the papers.
(c) He stole the papers from a dead Jew.
(d) Tomas knows where Vati is.

14. Who writes the letter to Mutti?
(a) Leisel.
(b) Oma.
(c) Everyone writes a little something.
(d) Lore.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Tomas' feelings after Jochen dies?

2. Who is at the center of Micha's mental family tree?

3. What news does Mutti give about Vati in Section 6?

4. What is Tomas' reaction when Lore questions him about fathers in prison?

5. Where do the kids stay when they reach Oma's city?

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