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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the old woman lie to Lore about to get money?

2. Who is Lore's family hiding from when they go into hiding?

3. What happens to Helmut's feelings about being a soldier in Section 4?

4. What does Helmut do when he meets the refugees?

5. Where does Helmut find safety after the second bombing is over?

Short Essay Questions

1. Helmut is cast to the side with the weak during physical education. Helmut tries to "prove himself" for whom and why?

2. 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?

3. Helmut has the opportunity to work as a soldier five years into the war. What are Helmut's thoughts and feelings towards being a soldier?

4. When the Americans question Lore, Tomas shows up with papers and tells them they are a family. What do the papers show and why does Seiffert mention a tattoo on Tomas' arm?

5. Helmut catalogues Berlin through his snapshots. For months, Helmut sees the emptying of the city. When Gladigau interprets the pictures, he sees Berlin as the home it always is. What does Helmut learn about photography from this experience?

6. When Juri is injured, Lore is the first to carry him on her back. What does this indicate about Lore and her responsibilities?

7. When the family eats their soup, Juri shyly offers his bread to Tomas. What does this indicate about Juri and his family?

8. Other than Lore, what do the children know of the current situation?

9. 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?

10. Helmut notices the city is emptying. More people are leaving on the trains and less are returning. This is a mystery and Seiffert never explicitly offers an explanation. Why not?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe in detail and follow the progression of Lore's feelings for Tomas. How does she feel about him when she first sees him? How does she feel about Tomas when Juri asks about him on the ferry?

Essay Topic 2

Describe post-war Germany's political state and how this affects every day civilian life. How do the zones make a difference? The rations and occupation of soldiers from enemy states?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the significance of the posted pictures of the Holocaust. Why are they posted? How do the Germans receive them? What issues come up concerning the pictures?

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