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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 Micha feel about himself?
(a) He is a coward.
(b) He is lost in his search.
(c) He feels brave for his search.
(d) He is lucky to know Opa as a grandfather first.

2. What feelings does Micha have for Jozef?
(a) Sadness for what he went through.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Anger for his past.
(d) Respect for his ability to tell the truth.

3. What are the SS men doing in the photos displayed in the museum Micha visits?
(a) Smoking and laughing in front of dead bodies.
(b) Shoveling piles of ashes.
(c) Laughing and playing with their children like his Opa.
(d) They are in battle on the war front.

4. What is the family's response to Micha's search?
(a) They want to know but do not want to talk about it.
(b) They encourage the truth to be revealed.
(c) They do not care so long as they are not involved.
(d) They want him to stop.

5. How does Jochen die?
(a) He is captured by American soldiers.
(b) He falls out of a hayloft.
(c) He drowns in the river.
(d) The Russians shoot him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who comforts Lore as she cries in bed?

2. What condition is Oma's house in?

3. What confuses Lore when they are close to Oma's?

4. What are the conversations like between Micha and Luise?

5. Who is at the center of Micha's mental family tree?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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.

2. Describe Micha's family dynamics.

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

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

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

6. Describe the pictures of Micha and his Opa. Why are these pictures special to Micha?

7. 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?

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

9. 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?

10. Jozef explains to Micha how the soldiers are able to kill the Jews without self-blame. How is this done?

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