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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three: June 1940: Chapters 51-61.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What floor of the house is Marie-Laure on when the blasts hit in Part Two: 8 August, 1944?
(a) The sixth floor.
(b) The third floor.
(c) The first floor.
(d) The second floor.

2. How old is Werner Pfennig when he is introduced in Chapter 4 of Part Zero: 7 August, 1944?
(a) 12.
(b) 18.
(c) 22.
(d) 14.

3. Who is the "overzealous schoolmaster" that is the warrant officer in charge of field exercises in Part Three: June 1940?
(a) Volkheimer.
(b) Albert.
(c) Henri.
(d) Bastian.

4. Who is the engineer that Werner recalls seeing right before the blast in Part Two: 8 August, 1944?
(a) Michel.
(b) Bernd.
(c) Levitte.
(d) Albert.

5. How many bombers have already turned and climbed before the debris begins hitting the ground in Part Two: 8 August, 1944?
(a) 5.
(b) 7.
(c) 3.
(d) 12.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who can Werner see screaming as he is pulled from the rubble in Part Two: 8 August, 1944?

2. What term from Part Three: June 1940 refers to a psychological theory based on the belief that certain mental faculties and character traits are indicated by the configurations of the skull?

3. What is the name of the orphanage where Werner and his younger sister grow up?

4. How many of the 865 buildings within the walls of Saint-Malo remained standing after the bombings in August of 1944, according to Philip Beck's quote which opens the novel?

5. What word from Part Two: 8 August, 1944 means to change from one nature, substance, form, or condition into another?

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