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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. In 1940, what is built in Hamburg?
(a) Concrete towers armed with flak guns.
(b) Barracks for soldiers.
(c) Tanks.
(d) Military training center.

2. In 1940 when Gerhard serves in the Reich Labor Service, what are his duties?
(a) Bicycle messenger.
(b) Repair roads.
(c) Completing paperwork.
(d) Janitorial work.

3. When Helmuth finds banned books in a dusty storeroom in 1941, who is the author of the book that he takes?
(a) Thomas Mann.
(b) Heinrich Mann.
(c) Heinrich Heine.
(d) Eric Maria Remarque.

4. In June 1941, what countries have the Nazis overrun?
(a) Bulgaria and Italy.
(b) Italy and Romania.
(c) Greece and Yugoslavia.
(d) Romania and Bulgaria.

5. In 1940 when British bombers bomb Hamburg, how many bombs land in a residential neighborhood?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 4.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Helmuth doing as the SS sit at a large table in the middle of the room and talk and laugh?

2. Who is Helmuth missing on New Year's Eve 1940?

3. What time of day do the Gestapo come for Helmuth and Duwer in 1942?

4. How does Helmuth learn that Brother Worbs has been arrested?

5. What does Gerhard bring home with him in 1941 that he buys from the black market?

Short Essay Questions

1. When and for what is Helmuth found guilty and what is his sentence?

2. When Helmuth tells Hugo what he is writing his thesis for graduation, what does Hugo tell him?

3. When British bombers bomb Hamburg in June 1940, what do Helmuth and Rudi say about the incident?

4. What is the interrogation room like when Helmuth is interrogated a second time by the Gestapo?

5. How do Helmuth, Rudi, and Brother Worbs spend New Year's Eve in 1940?

6. What does Herr Meins say about Helmuth's essay and the topic?

7. Where do prisoners wait for their interrogations at Gestapo headquarters and how do they wait?

8. What does Helmuth do that leads to his arrest?

9. What is the concentration camp like where Helmuth is taken after his first interrogation?

10. Where does Gerhard go for his mandatory Reich Labor Service and what does he do?

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