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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many bombers have already turned and climbed before the debris begins hitting the ground in Part Two: 8 August, 1944?
(a) 7.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 12.

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

3. Where are the citizens instructed to surrender their radio transmitters, according to the notices in Part Three: June 1940?
(a) 24 rue de la Esplanade.
(b) 16 rue de la Crosse.
(c) 6 rue Espadrille.
(d) 27 rue de Chartres.

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

5. 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) 196.
(b) 59.
(c) 301.
(d) 200.

6. 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.

7. For how long has Marie-Laure's father been gone without word when Madame Manec finally takes her outside the house in Part Five: January 1941?
(a) 1 and 1/2 weeks.
(b) 29 days.
(c) 9 days.
(d) 2 weeks.

8. Who hacks at the rubble in the stairwell as Werner watches in Part Four: 8 August 1944?
(a) Henri.
(b) Michel.
(c) Bernd.
(d) Volkheimer.

9. What term from Part Three: June 1940 refers to a psychological theory based on the belief that certain mental faculties and character traits are indicated by the configurations of the skull?
(a) Phrenology.
(b) Anthropology.
(c) Mythology.
(d) Cardiology.

10. Where is Werner informed he is to report to once he has been accepted into the National Political Institutes of Education in Part Three: June 1940?
(a) Essen.
(b) Cancale.
(c) Evreux.
(d) Schulpforta.

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

12. How long do the entrance exams last for the National Political Institutes of Education in Part Three: June 1940?
(a) 2 days.
(b) 6 hours.
(c) 8 days.
(d) 12 hours.

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

14. 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) Franklin Roosevelt.
(b) Adolf Hitler.
(c) Joseph Goebbels.
(d) Herbert Hoover.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the English translation of "L'hotel des Abeilles"?

2. Where is Marie-Laure hiding during the air raid in Part Two: 8 August, 1944?

3. Where does the museum curator say a prince plucked the Sea of Flames from a dry riverbed centuries ago in Part One: 1934?

4. What term from Part Five: January 1941 refers to a small bubble of gas or liquid enclosed in a mineral or rock?

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

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