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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 are the people that are leaving the city and where are they going?
(a) Soldiers going to war and jobs outside the city.
(b) Members of the Nazi party going to Switzerland.
(c) Regular German citizens moving to rural areas.
(d) Jewish citizens going to prison camps.

2. What dilemma does Lore run into by the second day out?
(a) Whether to stay on the road or walk through fields.
(b) Whether to ask for directions or avoid conversations with people.
(c) Whether to continue to walk or buy train tickets.
(d) Whether to buy milk for Peter or bread for the rest of the children.

3. What does Lore have to give up to get more food and shelter for a night?
(a) The rest of their money.
(b) Their twins' extra clothing and boots.
(c) Mutti's earrings.
(d) Mutti's wedding ring.

4. Who provides food rations throughout the German area that Lore and her siblings are traveling through?
(a) It is autocratic at this stage.
(b) The Americans.
(c) The Nazi party.
(d) The German government.

5. What images of veterans are described in Section 4?
(a) They are disabled and homeless.
(b) Families give them warm welcomings.
(c) There is a parade for their return.
(d) They walk proudly.

Short Answer Questions

1. How are Lore and her siblings received by the first set of strangers they meet?

2. What happens to Helm's notebook at the train station?

3. Where does Helmut make a home after his is destroyed?

4. Who is the first to indicate Helmut's disability to him?

5. What does Lore hear at the hideout when she listens out the window?

Short Essay Questions

1. When the farmer's son taunts Lore and pushes her down, the twins throw rocks at him. What does this show about the children?

2. At the beginning of the war efforts, Helmut is intent on joining the army. Despite his arm, he is adamant about joining. Why is the army so vital in Helmut's life?

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

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

5. Mutti and Papi love their son, but there is a stubborn denial that there is anything wrong with Helmut. What does it finally take them to accept the truth and how do they handle it?

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

7. Mutti tries to burn the badges but they do not burn all the way. Lore tries to throw them deep into the river, but buries them in the bushes when this does not work. What do the badges and the efforts to rid them symbolize?

8. 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?

9. Gladigau is first Papi's, then Helmut's employer. Gladigau does more than just pay his workers. How is Gladigau an important figure, especially to Helmut?

10. Helmut notices the city is emptying. More people are leaving on the trains and less are returning. This is a mystery and Seiffert never explicitly offers an explanation. Why not?

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