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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. Which instrument does Anton play?
(a) Piano.
(b) Trombone.
(c) Violin.
(d) Bagpipes.

2. How does Anton respond to world politics?
(a) Without interest.
(b) With fear.
(c) With despondence.
(d) With anger.

3. Which relative of Cor Takes had been one of the twenty-nine Resistance hostages?
(a) His oldest sister.
(b) His youngest brother.
(c) His uncle.
(d) His mother.

4. Why does Anton make an appointment with Cor Takes?
(a) To see a picture of Truus Coster.
(b) To look at a gun that was Fake Ploeg's.
(c) To accuse him of causing his family's death.
(d) To tell him what Truus Coster spoke about.

5. What does Fake Ploeg break in Anton's apartment?
(a) A mirror.
(b) A glass.
(c) A piano.
(d) A window.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following events happens in the Fourth Episode?

2. Why did Cor Takes escape on the night of the assault?

3. What had Cor Takes's mother wanted him to do the night of the assault?

4. In the Third Episode, why does Anton park his scooter a few blocks away from his apartment?

5. Cor Takes tells Anton that Fake Ploeg shot whom?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Fake Ploeg speak of his father?

2. What does Anton realize about his wife after speaking to Cor Takes?

3. What is the political climate in the Third Episode?

4. How does Anton meet Cor Takes?

5. What is in Cor Takes's basement?

6. What has changed in Anton's life between the Second and Third Episode?

7. Describe the meeting of Anton and Fake Ploeg when they are adults.

8. Where is Anton living and working in the Fourth Episode?

9. What had prevented Truus Coster from escaping on the night of the assault?

10. Why does Anton choose to study anesthesiology?

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