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

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

3. What does Vati wish for concerning his family's connection to World War II?
(a) That the truth be told throughout history so all can learn from it.
(b) That the pain stops with his generation.
(c) That Micha learns the truth and reveal it to Mutti.
(d) For all to deny the family's involvement in World War II.

4. What is Oma's demeanor like?
(a) Constant showers of hugs and kisses.
(b) Businesslike.
(c) Haphazard.
(d) Paranoid.

5. How does Micha identify historical sites related to the Nazis?
(a) There are signs all over the city.
(b) The red dots on his map.
(c) He hires a personal tour guide.
(d) He asks a mechanic standing nearby.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the SS men doing in the photos displayed in the museum Micha visits?

2. How does Micha confuse Oma?

3. What surprise does Micha learn about Opa?

4. Why does Andrej get angry with Micha?

5. What does Lore overhear on the train?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. 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?

3. Many Holocaust images are posted to spread the truth of what occurred during the war. What are the people's views in regards to the photos?

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

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

6. 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.

7. 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.

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

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

10. 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?

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