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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 does Werner use the rest of his money from Herr Siedler to purchase for the orphanage in Part Three: June 1940?
(a) A telephone.
(b) A radio.
(c) A phonograph player.
(d) Candy.

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

3. What street is the Hotel of Bees described as being on in Part Two: 8 August, 1944?
(a) The rue Martin.
(b) The rue de la Crosse.
(c) Avenue des Champs-Elysees.
(d) The Place de la Concorde.

4. What word from Part Two: 8 August, 1944 means to change from one nature, substance, form, or condition into another?
(a) Infraction.
(b) Interference.
(c) Suspend.
(d) Transmute.

5. What is the name of Werner's younger sister?
(a) Etienne.
(b) Anna.
(c) Marie-Laure.
(d) Jutta.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

3. What floor of the house is Marie-Laure on when the blasts hit in Part Two: 8 August, 1944?

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

5. Where does the furniture lorry drop off Marie-Laure and her father in Part Three: June 1940?

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