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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 does Oma feel about Mutti and Vati's Nazi involvement?
(a) She believes they are still good people.
(b) She condemns them because of it and disowns them.
(c) She believes they are in the right.
(d) She believes they are rightfully punished but still loves them.

2. What are the conversations like between Micha and Luise?
(a) They are forced because of Mina.
(b) They are on the same page about Opa.
(c) They often talk about Micha's new baby to avoid confrontation.
(d) Their conversations turn into arguments about their family's reaction to Opa.

3. What condition is Oma's house in?
(a) Mostly bombed out with parts of the first floor remaining.
(b) The backyard is gone but most of the house remains.
(c) Mostly intact with some bricks missing.
(d) The house is literally gone and burnt down.

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

5. Who comforts Lore as she cries in bed?
(a) Wiebke.
(b) Juri.
(c) Leisel.
(d) Oma.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lore overhear on the train?

2. What does Micha bring back for Elena?

3. Who speaks with Micha at the train station before he leaves again to search the truth about his Opa?

4. How does Jochen die?

5. What does Elena believe is her punishment for her husband's crimes?

Short Essay Questions

1. Only Micha seems adamant on searching the truth about Opa. What is Mutti and Vati's point of view in regards to Opa?

2. Describe Micha's family dynamics.

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

4. 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.

5. The children take a family picture to send to Mutti. What is Lore's reflection about the changes in her and her siblings?

6. What is Micha's search for the truth doing to the family?

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

8. Micha is insistent in his search for the truth to the point that it breaks up his family and angers his girlfriend. Explain Micha's drive to discover the truth about his Opa.

9. 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.

10. 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?

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