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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Vati wish for concerning his family's connection to World War II?
(a) For all to deny the family's involvement in World War II.
(b) That the pain stops with his generation.
(c) That Micha learns the truth and reveal it to Mutti.
(d) That the truth be told throughout history so all can learn from it.

2. How does Micha confuse Oma?
(a) Micha talks to her about Opa as if he is a stranger.
(b) Micha takes her to a new place to talk.
(c) Micha visits on a non-regular day.
(d) Micha confronts her about her history.

3. Where does Micha go to search the truth about his Opa?
(a) Auschwitz.
(b) Moscow.
(c) Minsk.
(d) Grodno.

4. What does Kolesnik confess to Micha?
(a) His Opa committed suicide because of his actions.
(b) He nearly killed himself for his actions.
(c) He and Micha's Opa killed Jews together.
(d) He helped kill Jews during the war.

5. How does Jozef describe the reactions of the SS men after a shooting?
(a) Most walk away back into their barracks.
(b) They smoke and laugh.
(c) There are trivial conversations to avoid the silence.
(d) It involves a lot of drinking.

6. What is Kolesnik's reply when Micha asks if he is sad?
(a) That he gets sad when he talks about it but tries to move on.
(b) That he lost sadness a long time ago, even before the Germans came.
(c) That the only thing he feels is sadness.
(d) That he is not sad.

7. How does Micha feel about himself?
(a) He is lost in his search.
(b) He feels brave for his search.
(c) He is a coward.
(d) He is lucky to know Opa as a grandfather first.

8. Who does Micha cry for when he cries about Opa's past?
(a) The innocent people Opa killed.
(b) Himself.
(c) His family.
(d) Opa.

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

10. Who speaks with Micha at the train station before he leaves again to search the truth about his Opa?
(a) Mina.
(b) Bernd.
(c) Luise.
(d) Vati.

11. What does Elena show Micha?
(a) Jozef's old photos.
(b) The site of the Jewish killings.
(c) The grave of her brother, who was also an SS man.
(d) Photos of his Opa during the war.

12. Where do Lore and her siblings presume Vati to be?
(a) With Mutti in a camp.
(b) Hiding in a rural area.
(c) In prison.
(d) In another country.

13. Why is Elena angry with Micha?
(a) Micha says he is not their friend and does not know why he is there.
(b) She wants him to stay longer.
(c) Micha does not understand her when she takes him to an important site.
(d) Elena is upset Micha does not speak with Jozef.

14. Where does Micha stay on his last visit to Opa's old World War II station?
(a) Andrej's.
(b) His Oma's old house.
(c) Jozef's home.
(d) In a hotel.

15. What sign of trouble does Tomas see when Lore and her siblings attempt to get on the train?
(a) The train is moving while passengers are boarding.
(b) A soldier with a gun.
(c) A crazy man with a brick running at them.
(d) There is no space on the train.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose grave does Micha visit?

2. What do the children learn about Mutti?

3. Who calls Micha to speak with him about the war?

4. What condition is Oma's house in?

5. Where does Tomas go when the children leave to Oma?

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