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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. Who is Lore's family hiding from when they go into hiding?
(a) The townspeople who hate them.
(b) The American and Russian army.
(c) The French army.
(d) The Nazi party.

2. What happens when Americans question Lore on the road?
(a) The young man shows them papers and tells them they are siblings on their way to Oma's.
(b) Lore tells them they are with the young man.
(c) She cannot understand so she ignores them and walks on.
(d) Lore tells them she is on the way to Fulda.

3. How is Papi best described?
(a) Disloyal to the Third Reich.
(b) Proud of his son.
(c) Happy and cheerful.
(d) Hard working.

4. Where are the children when Lore sees the crowd by the tree?
(a) Playing with a young man they meet in the square.
(b) Already at the tree with the crowd.
(c) In the bread line.
(d) Waiting at a railway station.

5. What occurs overnight at the church Lore and the children sleep in?
(a) They are evicted by the church members.
(b) Their carriage is stolen.
(c) A young man comes and sleeps in the pew next to them.
(d) Their food is stolen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are Gladigau's most common clients?

2. What transaction occurs between Mutti and the visitors from the jeep?

3. What does Lore see in some public pictures?

4. What does Mutti bring back from town after days of being sick?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. 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?

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

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

5. Helmut finally gets to join the army. What does this imply about the state of Germany at this point in the war?

6. Helmut does not ever speak of Germany's purge of its own population. Does Helmut, as a common civilian, know about the prison camps in other parts of Germany? Does it make a difference in his beliefs?

7. What changes does Lore's family go through during the war?

8. 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?

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

10. The new train station guard does not like Helmut immediately. Only after knowing Helmut's current situation, does he help Helmut. Why does the train station guard act this way? What does that say about the bombings in Berlin?

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