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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. Where does Helmut make a home after his is destroyed?
(a) In an abandoned bakery.
(b) In Gladigau's shop.
(c) In a cellar.
(d) At the train station.

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

3. What opportunity opens up for Papi?
(a) Papi works for the army.
(b) A full-time photographer posiiton.
(c) A management position.
(d) Papi works at the train station.

4. What do patrons at the shop give instead of money for food?
(a) Jewelry.
(b) Any goods the man behind the counter needs.
(c) Coupons.
(d) Clothing.

5. How is Papi best described?
(a) Disloyal to the Third Reich.
(b) Happy and cheerful.
(c) Proud of his son.
(d) Hard working.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the woman's reaction when Lore asks about the amount of food provided compared to the payment?

3. How are Lore and the children able to get food when there is no money?

4. What does the farmer's son tell Lore?

5. What does Gladigau's neighborhood look like when Helmut finds it?

Short Essay Questions

1. Helmut finally gets to join the army. What does this imply about the state of Germany at this point in the war?

2. Tomas helps Lore and her family out of trouble and follows them. Why? What does he gain from the situation? Is he just being nice?

3. During one of Helmut's walks around the city, he encounters the SS collecting and trucking the gypsies away. What is Helmut's reaction to this event?

4. Mutti tries to burn the badges but they do not burn all the way. Lore tries to throw them deep into the river, but buries them in the bushes when this does not work. What do the badges and the efforts to rid them symbolize?

5. Helmut loses his parents and Gladigau is away. Helmut is often cold, hungry, and completely alone. How does he feel about the war at this stage?

6. At night, when the bombs are close, Helmut shouts at the noise. Why does he feel this need? What does it do for him?

7. When Lore offers to buy food from the woman who gives her bread and milk, she asks if Lore has anything other than money. Why does the woman not prefer money?

8. The Third Reich is at its height when Helmut is a teenager. How does this age and Helmut's life affect his acceptance and loyalty to the Third Reich?

9. When the farmer's son taunts Lore and pushes her down, the twins throw rocks at him. What does this show about the children?

10. Mutti and Papi love their son, but there is a stubborn denial that there is anything wrong with Helmut. What does it finally take them to accept the truth and how do they handle it?

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