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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Seven: August 1942: Chapters 101-120.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) 363.
(b) 269.
(c) 182.
(d) 26.

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

3. Where does the colonel say the Hermann Goring Division will break the American line in Part Four: 8 August 1944?
(a) Essen.
(b) Cancale.
(c) Versailles.
(d) Avranches.

4. What is the name of the maid that dotes on Frederick during his visit home in Part Five: January 1941?
(a) Claudine.
(b) Fanni.
(c) Frau Elena.
(d) Jutta.

5. What nickname does Werner describe for Frank Volkheimer in his letters to Jutta in Part Three: June 1940?
(a) The Giant.
(b) The Gun.
(c) The Snake.
(d) The Bear.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the "overzealous schoolmaster" that is the warrant officer in charge of field exercises in Part Three: June 1940?

2. How old is Werner when Frederick has disappeared at the school in Part Five: January 1941?

3. What language does Werner hear when he first picks up messages over the radio in Part Seven: August 1942?

4. What animals is Frederick fascinated with in the novel?

5. When Werner is summoned to the commandant's office in Chapter 90: "Orders," he is told that his age was recorded wrong. How old does the commandant tell Werner he really is?

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