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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Ten: 12 August 1944: Chapters 148-165.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The following is one of the quotes which opens the novel: "It would not have been possible for us to take power or to use it in the ways we have without the radio." Who is attributed to this quote?
(a) Adolf Hitler.
(b) Franklin Roosevelt.
(c) Herbert Hoover.
(d) Joseph Goebbels.

3. What nickname does Werner describe for Frank Volkheimer in his letters to Jutta in Part Three: June 1940?
(a) The Bear.
(b) The Snake.
(c) The Gun.
(d) The Giant.

4. Who is the composer of "Clair de Lune"?
(a) Georges Auric.
(b) Charles Gounod.
(c) Jean-Baptiste Accolay.
(d) Claude Debussy.

5. According to the legend that the museum curator relates of the Sea of Flames in Part One: 1934, what must be done with the gem in order for the curse to be lifted?
(a) It must be ground into ashes.
(b) It must be burned and then buried.
(c) It must be cast into a volcano.
(d) It must be thrown into the sea.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whose house at 9 rue St. Nicolas is on fire when Marie-Laure and her father reach it in Part Three: June 1940?

3. What pseudonym does Marie-Laure choose for herself in Part Five: January 1941?

4. How many of the 380 French prisoners at Fort National are killed instantly when the bomb hits in Part Eight: 9 August 1944?

5. Whose bookshop does Etienne recall as he lay in the bombed prison in Part Ten: 12 August 1944?

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