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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Four: 8 August 1944: Chapters 62-67.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose house at 9 rue St. Nicolas is on fire when Marie-Laure and her father reach it in Part Three: June 1940?
(a) Joseph Goebbel's house.
(b) Monsieur Francois Giannot's house.
(c) Sergeant Major von Rumpel's house.
(d) Monsieur Claude Levitte's house.

2. What does the legend of the Sea of Flames supposedly ensure for the owner of the gem?
(a) Death.
(b) Beauty.
(c) Immortality.
(d) Wealth.

3. What is the name of the orphanage where Werner and his younger sister grow up?
(a) Children's House.
(b) St. Paul Home.
(c) Mother's House.
(d) St. Mary's Orphanage.

4. How does Marie-Laure know that someone has entered the house in Part Four: 8 August 1944?
(a) A trip-wire rings a bell.
(b) Her great-uncle tells her.
(c) She can hear screaming and shattering glass.
(d) The person shoots through the front door.

5. What does the word "Reich" translate to in English?
(a) Leader.
(b) Battle.
(c) Massacre.
(d) Empire.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are the citizens instructed to surrender their radio transmitters, according to the notices in Part Three: June 1940?

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

3. How old is Marie-Laure LeBlanc when she is introduced in Chapter 3 of Part Zero: 7 August, 1944?

4. 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?

5. What word from Part Two: 8 August, 1944 means to change from one nature, substance, form, or condition into another?

(see the answer key)

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