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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. When does Helmut begin to take pictures of Berlin again?
(a) When the refugees and veterans fill the streets of Berlin again.
(b) Immediately after the bombings take place.
(c) During the winter months.
(d) During the summer months.

2. Who helps Helmut obtain consistent food?
(a) Another man who has lost his family.
(b) A veteran.
(c) The train station guard.
(d) The local baker.

3. How are Lore and the children able to get food when there is no money?
(a) They beg from farmers or dig up their potatoes.
(b) They are unable to get food for days.
(c) They offer farmers labor in exchange for food.
(d) They buy food with coupons.

4. What is the reaction of the refugees when they first meet Helmut?
(a) Most ignore him.
(b) They resent him for not fighting in the front.
(c) Many beg him for bread.
(d) They curse him for his crooked arm.

5. Why does Lore bury the last of Vati's pictures?
(a) Leisel keeps asking for them so Lore gets rid of them.
(b) She is fearful of the evidence.
(c) All the keepsakes are weighing her down.
(d) To keep them safe until she can return for them another time.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who provides food rations throughout the German area that Lore and her siblings are traveling through?

2. Where are the refugees coming from?

3. What fault does Helmut notice about cameras when shooting around Berlin?

4. What does Lore see in some public pictures?

5. What do patrons at the shop give instead of money for food?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Juri is injured, Lore is the first to carry him on her back. What does this indicate about Lore and her responsibilities?

2. As part of Papi's pay, Gladigau takes family portraits while Helmut grows up. How do the family portraits play a role in this story and what progression is observed from when Helmut is a newborn to the last individual photo?

3. When Lore offers to buy food from the woman who gives her bread and milk, she asks if Lore has anything other than money. Why does the woman not prefer money?

4. Germany attacks its neighbors and gains more lands that are prosperous. Neither Helmut nor anyone in his neighborhood seems to argue the Third Reich's actions. In fact, many boys are signing up to fight the war. Why would some Germans welcome the war and the push into other countries?

5. As Lore and her siblings walk on, some seem suspicious of their backgrounds but people usually help them anyway. Why do some people look at Lore's family with disdain but eventually help?

6. Helmut catalogues Berlin through his snapshots. For months, Helmut sees the emptying of the city. When Gladigau interprets the pictures, he sees Berlin as the home it always is. What does Helmut learn about photography from this experience?

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. On the first day of their trip to Oma's, Juri twists an ankle. How does this foreshadow the rest of the journey?

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

10. 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?

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