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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Micha," Home, Autumn 1997.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lore hear at the hideout when she listens out the window?
(a) Tanks over rubble in the streets.
(b) Birdsongs.
(c) Bombs.
(d) Everything is quiet.

2. What does Helmut notice about the train station?
(a) There are more people departing than arriving.
(b) The people leaving are all soldiers.
(c) The number of trains is decreasing.
(d) The number of trains is increasing.

3. What does the old woman lie to Lore about to get money?
(a) A way to get train tickets.
(b) That paraffin will kill the lice.
(c) Where the nearest Red Cross food line is.
(d) Correct directions to Oma's.

4. What is Helmut's political stance in 1945 as described in Section 5?
(a) He is a secret communist.
(b) He follows nationalism.
(c) He is loyal to the Third Reich.
(d) He does not care anymore.

5. How does Helmut consistently obtain food?
(a) He begs when the bakery truck comes in every day.
(b) He sweeps the train station in exchange for food.
(c) He visits the soup kitchen everyday.
(d) He takes photos in exchange for food.

Short Answer Questions

1. What part of Germany is Lore's family from?

2. Where is Helmut born?

3. What news does Mutti give about Vati in Section 6?

4. What happens to Helm's notebook at the train station?

5. What does Micha like about his pictures of Opa?

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