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

2. Who speaks with Micha at the train station before he leaves again to search the truth about his Opa?
(a) Vati.
(b) Luise.
(c) Mina.
(d) Bernd.

3. What is Mutti's response to Jochen missing from the picture?
(a) Mutti sheds tears on her response letter.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Mutti acknowledges it as fact but nothing more.
(d) Mutti is sad but does not cry.

4. Micha and Jozef's first conversation can be described as ____________.
(a) Easygoing.
(b) Friendly.
(c) Revealing.
(d) Uncomfortable.

5. What does Kolesnik confess to Micha?
(a) He helped kill Jews during the war.
(b) He and Micha's Opa killed Jews together.
(c) His Opa committed suicide because of his actions.
(d) He nearly killed himself for his actions.

Short Answer Questions

1. What news does Mutti give about Vati in Section 6?

2. What does Micha do in order to distract himself from Opa's past?

3. What does Lore notice when the children take a picture together?

4. Who calls Micha to speak with him about the war?

5. Where do Lore and her siblings presume Vati to be?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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.

3. Lore uses the tram with people reading the paper and has a ferry crossing as a birthday gift. What might these and other scenes in Section 7 predict about the future?

4. 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?

5. Tomas travels with the family for a long time, but once they reach the border, he wants to leave them. Why would Tomas want to leave at this point?

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

7. 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.

8. Describe Micha's family dynamics.

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

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

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