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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Gladigau after the second bombing?
(a) She is waiting for Helmut at the train station.
(b) She is assumed to have evacuated.
(c) She is assumed to have died.
(d) She is hiding in the dark room.

2. What is constantly on Helmut's mind that reminds him that he is a disappointment?
(a) The way his mother looks at him.
(b) He takes bad photos.
(c) He is not a soldier.
(d) His sad expressions in family photos.

3. What is Tomas' tattoo most likely to be?
(a) A Nazi marker.
(b) The Jewish marker from the Holocaust.
(c) A cross.
(d) A prisoner's marker.

4. Who does Vati work for?
(a) The Nizkor Project.
(b) The German army.
(c) The German Intelligence Agency.
(d) A farmer.

5. What "fault" is Helmut born with?
(a) A missing pectoral muscle.
(b) A shortened arm.
(c) A deformed shoulder joint.
(d) A missing back muscle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Gladigau and Helmut first film with color?

2. Who is Lore's family hiding from when they go into hiding?

3. What does Helmut notice during the family beach vacation?

4. What does Helmut do when he meets the refugees?

5. What is the biggest difference to Lore between her hometown and her hideout?

Short Essay Questions

1. Other than Lore, what do the children know of the current situation?

2. Although Seiffert does not say much about the farmers, what are the implied feelings of the farmers?

3. The Third Reich is at its height when Helmut is a teenager. How does this age and Helmut's life affect his acceptance and loyalty to the Third Reich?

4. When the family eats their soup, Juri shyly offers his bread to Tomas. What does this indicate about Juri and his family?

5. Why is Lore's family moving around and hiding in the farm valley? From whom are they hiding?

6. Helmut is not strong or smart. Yet, there are indications that Helmut is clever about getting what he wants. Give an example of how Helmut shows his clever ways.

7. Helmut has the opportunity to work as a soldier five years into the war. What are Helmut's thoughts and feelings towards being a soldier?

8. Helmut is cast to the side with the weak during physical education. Helmut tries to "prove himself" for whom and why?

9. During one of Helmut's walks around the city, he encounters the SS collecting and trucking the gypsies away. What is Helmut's reaction to this event?

10. When Lore is sure Tomas is asleep, she buries the last remaining keepsakes of Vati. Why does she do this when they seemed safe in her apron?

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