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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11-15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Matthias not pursue the course of training he had started?
(a) He discovered he like dentistry better.
(b) It did not suit him.
(c) He realized he did not have the mathematical aptitude.
(d) He became ill.

2. In what apartment does Klara live?
(a) She lives in a house, not an apartment.
(b) A brand new high rise.
(c) The same one she lived in during the war.
(d) An apartment that is constructed just as the war is ending.

3. What does Hanna notice about Matthias after a particular man visits him?
(a) Matthias calls in sick to work.
(b) Matthias has bruises.
(c) Matthias is despondent.
(d) Matthias won't speak to her for awhile.

4. Who hallucinates of poison falling from the sky?
(a) The man in the apartment above Hanna's family.
(b) Trudi's neighbor.
(c) Hanna's mother.
(d) Veronika.

5. What did Hans-Jurgen do that everyone knows about?
(a) Embezzled.
(b) Shot and killed his girlfriend and a young man.
(c) Won a gold medal for swimming.
(d) Had an affair with the mayor's wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Hans-Jurgen staying?

2. Who is Karin Baum?

3. Who had Klara and her mother befriended near the end of the war?

4. What does Klara tell her lover one day?

5. What does Trudi say about Hanna's father?

(see the answer key)

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