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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. What do the children learn about Mutti?
(a) She remains healthy at the camp.
(b) Mutti wil be released soon.
(c) Mutti is in a hard labor camp.
(d) She is starving at the camp.

2. Whose grave does Micha visit?
(a) Jozef's.
(b) Elena's.
(c) Opa's.
(d) Oma's.

3. What influences Tomas' decision to get on the train?
(a) The look in Lore's eyes.
(b) Juri's cries.
(c) Leisel's tears.
(d) A soldier coming towards them.

4. Where does Tomas go when the children leave to Oma?
(a) Lives in an abandoned house.
(b) Stays in a church.
(c) Sleeps at an unused train station.
(d) Stays in a Red Cross refugee shelter.

5. Who is at the center of Micha's mental family tree?
(a) His Opa.
(b) His Mutti.
(c) His Oma.
(d) His Vati.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Micha's relationship like with his Oma as he learns more about his Opa?

2. What does Mina try to remind Micha about?

3. What are Tomas' feelings after Jochen dies?

4. Who else wants to know the truth if Micha finds it?

5. What is the family's response to Micha's search?

Short Essay Questions

1. Lore and the children keep Tomas a secret from Oma and Wiebke. Why is it not safe to tell them about Tomas?

2. Jochen dies from Russian soldiers shooting at him. What is the significance of his death? Why does Seiffert add this to Lore's story?

3. At first, Micha goes to the Kolesniks for his knowledge but over time, Elena is the one to request Micha's visit. What is the basis behind Micha's relationship with the Kolesniks?

4. Lore learns to question the truth and learn more from strangers. What reality does Lore have about her parents?

5. In the short amount of time Micha spends in Belarus on his first visit, he receives various receptions of his German background. Compare and contrast Andrej's and his mother's reception of Micha to the grandfather at the museum's.

6. Oma explains to Lore that Vati and Mutti are good people despite their involvement. Explain Oma's situation and where she stands regarding Mutti and Vati.

7. Jozef and Elena recount their experiences of the German occupation. Summarize what it is like in Belarus during WWII.

8. Micha visits Minsk specifically to learn about his Opa. However, Micha runs into trouble learning about his grandfather's past. What obstacles stand in Micha's way?

9. Elena brings Micha to the place where her husband and his Opa killed the Jews. Describe Elena's reaction to the site of the killing fields. How does this reaction show who she is as a person?

10. Lore is hesitant about Tomas when they first meet. What are Lore's feelings as time progresses?

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