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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Micha," Belarus, Summer 1998.

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) Bombs.
(c) Birdsongs.
(d) Everything is quiet.

2. Where is Helmut born?
(a) Berlin.
(b) Cologne.
(c) Auschwitz.
(d) Munich.

3. Where are the children when Lore sees the crowd by the tree?
(a) Already at the tree with the crowd.
(b) In the bread line.
(c) Waiting at a railway station.
(d) Playing with a young man they meet in the square.

4. Where do Lore and her siblings sleep on their second night?
(a) On a cart.
(b) Outside on the ground.
(c) In a barn.
(d) In a young man's home.

5. What confuses Lore when they are close to Oma's?
(a) She cannot recognize the city with so many bombed areas.
(b) No one seems to recognize Oma's name.
(c) Oma is said to not live there anymore.
(d) Tomas tells Lore that Oma may be in prison too.

Short Answer Questions

1. What runs through Helmut's mind as he looks for his parents after the bombings?

2. What is Helmut's ritual when bombs fall in closely?

3. What condition is Oma's house in?

4. How does Helmut feel as the war progresses?

5. Who helps Helmut when he is confronted at the train station?

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