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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. What German Nazi scientist opens a laboratory in the old Landauer home in "Occupation"?
(a) Oskar.
(b) Viktor.
(c) Stahl.
(d) Tomas.

2. What was the name of Stahl's wife?
(a) Marika.
(b) Hedda.
(c) Zdenka.
(d) Kata.

3. In "Storm," Stahl is furious because Hana has not _________.
(a) Told him she was Jewish.
(b) Answered his calls in a week.
(c) Called his wife.
(d) Told him she was married.

4. Why does Stahl say he and his wife were outcasts when they married?
(a) There were siblings.
(b) He was Jewish.
(c) She was Jewish.
(d) They were first cousins.

5. In "Encounter," Stahl sits in the cafe that Hana and __________would often visit.
(a) Ottilie.
(b) Viktor.
(c) Liesel.
(d) Martin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the laboratory of Stahl's referred to as in the novel?

2. In "Soviets" Mesto is taken over by whom?

3. "Departure" begins with Liesel frightened and worried for whom?

4. During "Examination," Hana decides to go visit Stahl at the house, where he takes her measurements and photographs her ____________.

5. As "Exile" begins, the Landauer family settles into a small villa in __________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the meeting like between Zdenka and Hana in "Confession"? What does Hana warn Zdenka of in this chapter?

2. How is the character of Eve introduced in "Berta"?

3. How is the end of the war described in "Soviets"?

4. Where is the Landauer family in the chapter titled "Exile"? What does Liesel begin to notice in this chapter?

5. What is metaphorical about the story told in "Ondine"? How does this myth relate to Tomas?

6. How did Tomas meet Zdenka? How is her character described in "Tomas"?

7. What does Hana relate about her time in the concentration camp in "Comfort"?

8. Describe the character of Tomas. How does Tomas relate to Viktor?

9. Whom does Lanik show around the Landauer House in "Dispossession"? What happens at the end of this chapter?

10. Describe the encounter between Stahl and Hana in "Encounter." What strikes Stahl about Hana?

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