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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. How is Helmut's ability as a darkroom technician described?
(a) Slow but progressive.
(b) Average.
(c) Accurate and skillful.
(d) Incompetent.

2. Why is Mutti "clever" for having something on the table every night?
(a) She is able to make dinner despite their poverty.
(b) Mutti is a first-class chef.
(c) She helps Helmut's arm get stronger.
(d) Mutti is a busy woman with a full-time job.

3. What do Gladigau and Helmut first film with color?
(a) A victory parade.
(b) A banner-lined street with swastika emblems.
(c) Gypsies in their bright clothing.
(d) Autumn trees.

4. Where is Helmut born?
(a) Auschwitz.
(b) Munich.
(c) Berlin.
(d) Cologne.

5. What are Lore's feelings after several days on the road?
(a) She is tired of being the caretaker.
(b) She wants to stop and not go any further.
(c) She thinks it is not as bad as she assumed it would be.
(d) She is grateful for her siblings' good behavior.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To what does Helmut devote one photo from each roll of film?

3. What occurs overnight at the church Lore and the children sleep in?

4. What is Helmut's ritual when bombs fall in closely?

5. What does a woman offer Lore when Lore sits down very tired?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. 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?

3. Germany is in the midst of war and has been for several years. The second bombing that Helmut experiences is the worst so far. Describe the new changes and routine to which the inhabitants of Berlin must adapt.

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

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. Tomas helps Lore and her family out of trouble and follows them. Why? What does he gain from the situation? Is he just being nice?

7. When Germany takes Paris, there is a large celebration. Mutti and Papi attend but they do not ask him to go. When they return they meet him at the train station and leave looking like a happy family. Explain Mutti and Papi's actions.

8. At night, when the bombs are close, Helmut shouts at the noise. Why does he feel this need? What does it do for him?

9. 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?

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

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