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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What disorder does Etienne suffer from in the novel?
(a) Agoraphobia.
(b) Epilepsy.
(c) Bulimia.
(d) Schizophrenia.

4. Where does Marie-Laure's father say he is now in his letter to her in Part Five: January 1941?
(a) America.
(b) England.
(c) Germany.
(d) Paris.

5. How old is Etienne LeBlanc described as being in Part Four: 8 August 1944?
(a) 63.
(b) 75.
(c) 46.
(d) 53.

6. What is the date of the telegram that directs Daniel LeBlanc to return to Paris at the end of the month in Part Three?
(a) December 10, 1940.
(b) September 15, 1940.
(c) March 10, 1941.
(d) July 12, 1939.

7. Who is the half-Algerian lapidary that von Rumpel believes may have made the fake versions of the Sea of Flames in Part Five: January 1941?
(a) Dupont.
(b) Bastian.
(c) Professor Hublin.
(d) Hauptmann.

8. 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?
(a) Joseph Goebbels.
(b) Herbert Hoover.
(c) Adolf Hitler.
(d) Franklin Roosevelt.

9. What is the name of Marie-Laure's great-uncle who owns the house where she is staying in Chapter 3 of Part Zero: 7 August, 1944?
(a) Michel.
(b) Frederick.
(c) Etienne.
(d) Sergeant Major von Rumpel.

10. What was Claude Lavitte's trade prior to the war?
(a) He was a banker.
(b) He was a perfumer.
(c) He was a doctor.
(d) He was a butcher.

11. Who is the "overzealous schoolmaster" that is the warrant officer in charge of field exercises in Part Three: June 1940?
(a) Volkheimer.
(b) Henri.
(c) Albert.
(d) Bastian.

12. 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) 200.
(b) 301.
(c) 196.
(d) 59.

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) Claude Levitte.
(b) Jutta.
(c) Frederick.
(d) Madame Manec.

14. Who gives Sergeant Major Reinhold von Rumpel a tour of the gems and minerals in the Grand Gallery in Part Three: June 1940?
(a) Francois Giannot.
(b) Joseph Goebbels.
(c) Bastian.
(d) Professor Hublin.

15. How long ago does the narrator say that D-Day occurred in Chapter 5 of Part Zero: 7 August, 1944?
(a) 2 weeks ago.
(b) 3 days ago.
(c) 2 months ago.
(d) 4 months ago.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What has Marie-Laure's father been building a model of in Part Three: June 1940?

3. Where does the colonel say the Hermann Goring Division will break the American line in Part Four: 8 August 1944?

4. How many cans of food does Marie-Laure find in the cellar in Part Four: 8 August 1944?

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

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