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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. What disorder does Etienne suffer from in the novel?
(a) Schizophrenia.
(b) Agoraphobia.
(c) Bulimia.
(d) Epilepsy.

2. Who are the twins that Jutta works with at the laundry, according to her letter in Part Five: January 1941?
(a) Marie and Claudine.
(b) Sarah and Rebecca.
(c) Eloise and Mary.
(d) Hannah and Susanne.

3. What is the code phrase that Marie-Laure tells the baker when she goes to collect messages in Part Seven: August 1942?
(a) The blonde mermaids meet.
(b) One ordinary loaf.
(c) Two apples please.
(d) Two baguettes please.

4. What term from Part Six: 8 August 1944 refers to a device though which current can pass freely in only one direction?
(a) Diode.
(b) Atom.
(c) Nucleus.
(d) Infrared.

5. How many years does the museum curator say have passed since the Sea of Flames was shut away in a vault by orders of the king, in Part One: 1934?
(a) 196.
(b) 301.
(c) 200.
(d) 59.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is moving about the rubble with a flashlight after the blast as Werner lay unable to move in Part Two: 8 August, 1944?

2. What code phrase does the baker tell Marie-Laure when she goes to get her bread in Part Nine: May 1944?

3. Who is the ship captain described in the book that Marie-Laure reads over the radio in Part Ten: 12 August 1944?

4. What is the English translation of "L'hotel des Abeilles"?

5. Under what peninsular fort does the narrator describe underground armories and a hospital in Chapter 5 of Part Zero: 7 August, 1944?

(see the answer key)

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