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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who speaks with Micha at the train station before he leaves again to search the truth about his Opa?
(a) Vati.
(b) Bernd.
(c) Luise.
(d) Mina.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

13. How does Jozef describe the reactions of the SS men after a shooting?
(a) It involves a lot of drinking.
(b) They smoke and laugh.
(c) There are trivial conversations to avoid the silence.
(d) Most walk away back into their barracks.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Micha bring back for Elena?

2. What does Elena believe is her punishment for her husband's crimes?

3. What is Oma's demeanor like?

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

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

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