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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Micha do in order to distract himself from Opa's past?
(a) Focus on his work as a schoolteacher.
(b) Play with his daughter and Mina.
(c) Talk with Luise.
(d) Concentrate on the future with his parents.

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

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

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

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

6. What is Tomas' reaction when Lore questions him about fathers in prison?
(a) He shuts down and does not say anything.
(b) He denies knowing anything.
(c) He gets angry.
(d) He is sympathetic.

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

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

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

10. What condition is Oma's house in?
(a) The house is literally gone and burnt down.
(b) Mostly intact with some bricks missing.
(c) The backyard is gone but most of the house remains.
(d) Mostly bombed out with parts of the first floor remaining.

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

13. What are the SS men doing in the photos displayed in the museum Micha visits?
(a) Smoking and laughing in front of dead bodies.
(b) They are in battle on the war front.
(c) Shoveling piles of ashes.
(d) Laughing and playing with their children like his Opa.

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

15. What do the children learn about Mutti?
(a) Mutti is in a hard labor camp.
(b) She is starving at the camp.
(c) She remains healthy at the camp.
(d) Mutti wil be released soon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What secret is Tomas holding from Lore?

2. What secret do the children keep from Oma and Wiebke?

3. What does Vati wish for concerning his family's connection to World War II?

4. Who does Micha stay with during his time away?

5. What does Micha bring back for Elena?

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