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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Friedrich play on his harmonica in Part One, Chapter 16?

2. How old was Friedrich when he became an apprentice in the biggest harmonica factory in the world?

3. At the beginning of Part One, Chapter 5, what does Friedrich smell?

4. Who is the only person who never gets tired of listening to Otto's tale about the three sisters?

5. In Part One, Chapter 22, how long has Martin been at the concentration camp?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does a midwife do in the story that Otto reads?

2. In Part Two, Chapter 11, what happens when Mr. Howard takes Frankie and Mike to Highlander's Department Store?

3. How do officials learn that Martin and Friedrich plan to leave in Chapter 18?

4. In Part Two, Chapter 8, what is Mrs. Sturbridge's house like?

5. In Part One, Chapter 1, what does Friedrich's father plan to do now that he has retired?

6. In Part One, Chapter 15 what happened to Josef?

7. At the beginning of The Untitled Opening Section, what does one boy do while his friends play?

8. In Part One, Chapter 3, why did Friedrich's father take him out of school, and what did Friedrich do when he quit school?

9. Why do Mr. Golding and Mr. Howard visit Bishop/'s in Part Two, Chapter 6?

10. In Chapter 21, what is learned about Martin's fate?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Some sections of the novel seem like fantasy, others seem historical. What is the genre of the novel and why?

Essay Topic 2

Friedrich notices that people begin embracing political correctness as Hitler and the Nazi’s influence permeate German society. Why do so many characters in Part One embrace political correctness, and how does the tendency to follow the Nazi party line turn friends against friends and family members against family members?

Essay Topic 3

There are several symbols of hope in the novel. What are these symbols and how do they bring hope?

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