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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Marie-Laure hiding during the air raid in Part Two: 8 August, 1944?
(a) Under her bed.
(b) Under the kitchen table.
(c) In the library.
(d) In the attic.

2. What month is it when Frederick disappears from the school altogether in Part Five: January 1941?
(a) September.
(b) April.
(c) March.
(d) June.

3. Where does the furniture lorry drop off Marie-Laure and her father in Part Three: June 1940?
(a) Evreux.
(b) Versailles.
(c) Cancale.
(d) Zollverein.

4. Where does Sergeant Major von Rumpel stay in Paris in Part Five: January 1941?
(a) The Hotel Versailles.
(b) The Grand Hotel.
(c) The Hotel of Bees.
(d) The Hotel Duchy.

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

6. What does Marie-Laure eat when she awakens in Part Four: 8 August 1944?
(a) Soup.
(b) Bread.
(c) Beans.
(d) Potatoes.

7. 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) 26.
(b) 182.
(c) 269.
(d) 363.

8. What term from Part Four: 8 August 1944 refers to a German two-seated dive-bomber with a single in-line engine?
(a) U-boat.
(b) Reich.
(c) Opel.
(d) Stuka.

9. How many years does the museum curator say have passed since the Sea of Flames was shut away in a vault by orders of the king, in Part One: 1934?
(a) 59.
(b) 196.
(c) 301.
(d) 200.

10. What German word is described as meaning "child's play" in Part Five: January 1941?
(a) Kinderleicht.
(b) Dicht.
(c) Reich.
(d) Haben.

11. According to the legend that the museum curator relates of the Sea of Flames in Part One: 1934, what must be done with the gem in order for the curse to be lifted?
(a) It must be cast into a volcano.
(b) It must be burned and then buried.
(c) It must be thrown into the sea.
(d) It must be ground into ashes.

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

13. Who answers the door at Marie-Laure's great-uncle's home when Marie-Laure and her father arrive in Part Three: June 1940?
(a) Jutta.
(b) Frederick.
(c) Madame Manec.
(d) Claude Levitte.

14. What town do Marie-Laure and her father reach two days after fleeing Paris in Part Three: June 1940?
(a) Zurich.
(b) Evreux.
(c) La Cite.
(d) Zollverein.

15. What is the address where Marie-Laure sits with the model in Chapter 3 of Part Zero: 7 August, 1944?
(a) 6 rue de la Vogne.
(b) 13 rue Plantenot.
(c) 8 rue Versailles.
(d) 4 rue Vauborel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the coal mining complex where Werner Pfennig grows up?

2. Who is moving about the rubble with a flashlight after the blast as Werner lay unable to move in Part Two: 8 August, 1944?

3. What kind of gemstone is the Sea of Flames?

4. What color are Werner's eyes determined to be by the inspectors at the school in Part Three: June 1940?

5. Where does Marie-Laure's father say he is now in his letter to her in Part Five: January 1941?

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