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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) 9 days.
(b) 29 days.
(c) 2 weeks.
(d) 1 and 1/2 weeks.

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

3. Who is the directress of the orphanage where Werner grows up?
(a) Frau Jutta.
(b) Frau Manec.
(c) Frau Elena.
(d) Frau Goebbels.

4. 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) Bastian.
(c) Professor Hublin.
(d) Joseph Goebbels.

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

6. What floor of the house is Marie-Laure on when the blasts hit in Part Two: 8 August, 1944?
(a) The first floor.
(b) The second floor.
(c) The sixth floor.
(d) The third floor.

7. Who can Werner see screaming as he is pulled from the rubble in Part Two: 8 August, 1944?
(a) Volkheimer.
(b) Bernd.
(c) Michel.
(d) Frederick.

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

9. What kind of gemstone is the Sea of Flames?
(a) A yellow diamond.
(b) An amethyst.
(c) A blue diamond.
(d) A ruby.

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

11. How many trips does Marie-Laure's father make in order to surrender the family's radios in Part Three: June 1940?
(a) 6.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

12. 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) Paris.
(d) Germany.

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

14. What structure does Marie-Laure recall her father describing for her at the Pantheon in Paris in Part Four: 8 August 1944?
(a) The World Trade Center.
(b) Foucault's pendulum.
(c) The Eiffel Tower.
(d) Big Ben.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Marie-Laure hold in her left fist as she hides during the air raid in Part Two: 8 August, 1944?

3. What is the name of the maid that dotes on Frederick during his visit home in Part Five: January 1941?

4. Where are the entrance exams held for the National Political Institutes of Education in Part Three: June 1940?

5. How old is Werner Pfennig when he is introduced in Chapter 4 of Part Zero: 7 August, 1944?

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