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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three: June 1940: Chapters 37-50.

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 second floor.
(b) The first floor.
(c) The sixth floor.
(d) The third floor.

2. What are pouring from the sky in the first chapter of Part Zero: 7 August, 1944?
(a) Leaflets.
(b) Ashes.
(c) Raindrops.
(d) Snowflakes.

3. 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) Versailles.
(c) La Cite.
(d) Bonn.

4. What is the name of the coal mining complex where Werner Pfennig grows up?
(a) Zurich.
(b) Saint-Malo.
(c) Zollverein.
(d) La Cite.

5. How old is Marie-Laure LeBlanc when she goes blind?
(a) 12.
(b) 4.
(c) 8.
(d) 6.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the word "solicitous" mean as used in Part Two: 8 August, 1944?

2. What does Werner use the rest of his money from Herr Siedler to purchase for the orphanage in Part Three: June 1940?

3. Who answers the door at Marie-Laure's great-uncle's home when Marie-Laure and her father arrive in Part Three: June 1940?

4. Where does the museum curator say a prince plucked the Sea of Flames from a dry riverbed centuries ago in Part One: 1934?

5. How old is Werner Pfennig when he is introduced in Chapter 4 of Part Zero: 7 August, 1944?

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