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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two: 8 August, 1944: Chapters 32-36.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Marie-Laure's great-uncle who owns the house where she is staying in Chapter 3 of Part Zero: 7 August, 1944?
(a) Frederick.
(b) Michel.
(c) Etienne.
(d) Sergeant Major von Rumpel.

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

3. What item of food does Marie-Laure take with her as she seeks refuge in the house in Part Two: 8 August, 1944?
(a) A sausage.
(b) A cupcake.
(c) A can of peaches.
(d) A loaf of bread.

4. Who is moving about the rubble with a flashlight after the blast as Werner lay unable to move in Part Two: 8 August, 1944?
(a) Volkheimer.
(b) Levitte.
(c) Goebbels.
(d) Bernd.

5. Under what peninsular fort does the narrator describe underground armories and a hospital in Chapter 5 of Part Zero: 7 August, 1944?
(a) Zollverein.
(b) Bonn.
(c) La Cite.
(d) Versailles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What street is the Hotel of Bees described as being on in Part Two: 8 August, 1944?

2. Where does Marie-Laure LeBlanc's father work in the beginning of Part One: 1934?

3. What are pouring from the sky in the first chapter of Part Zero: 7 August, 1944?

4. How old is Marie-Laure LeBlanc when she goes blind?

5. 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?

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