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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Marie-Laure know that someone has entered the house in Part Four: 8 August 1944?
(a) A trip-wire rings a bell.
(b) Her great-uncle tells her.
(c) She can hear screaming and shattering glass.
(d) The person shoots through the front door.

2. What does the word "solicitous" mean as used in Part Two: 8 August, 1944?
(a) Reprimanding.
(b) Anxious.
(c) Delighted.
(d) Stagnant.

3. What is Adolf Hitler's birthday?
(a) April 20, 1889.
(b) March 12, 1900.
(c) September 16, 1895.
(d) July 7, 1877.

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

5. 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) 2 weeks.
(c) 1 and 1/2 weeks.
(d) 29 days.

6. 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) Frederick.
(b) Sergeant Major von Rumpel.
(c) Etienne.
(d) Michel.

7. In what discernible way has Werner been injured from the bombing in Part Four: 8 August 1944?
(a) His right hand has been blown off.
(b) He has broken several bones in his right leg.
(c) He has become paralyzed from the waist down.
(d) He has lost hearing in his left ear.

8. 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) Professor Hublin.
(d) Bastian.

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

10. 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) Bastian.
(b) Hauptmann.
(c) Professor Hublin.
(d) Dupont.

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

12. 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) September 15, 1940.
(b) March 10, 1941.
(c) December 10, 1940.
(d) July 12, 1939.

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

14. The stone that pops out of the miniature house and into Marie-Laure's palm is described as being what size, in Part Zero: 7 August, 1944?
(a) The size of a chicken egg.
(b) The size of a golf ball.
(c) The size of a pigeon's egg.
(d) The size of a tennis ball.

15. How long has it been since Etienne has left his home in Part Three: June 1940?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 20 years.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 3 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What German word is described as meaning "child's play" in Part Five: January 1941?

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

3. Where does Marie-Laure LeBlanc's father work in the beginning of Part One: 1934?

4. 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?

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

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