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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Werner is summoned to the commandant's office in Chapter 90: "Orders," he is told that his age was recorded wrong. How old does the commandant tell Werner he really is?
(a) 15.
(b) 16.
(c) 18.
(d) 14.

2. What code phrase does the baker tell Marie-Laure when she goes to get her bread in Part Nine: May 1944?
(a) We have no more bread.
(b) The baker is out.
(c) The snails are coming onto land.
(d) The mermaids have bleached hair.

3. What word from Part Six: 8 August 1944 means confused as to time or place?
(a) Marginalized.
(b) Disoriented.
(c) Frequented.
(d) Interloped.

4. What is Bernd's first name?
(a) Sven.
(b) Wilhelm.
(c) Horace.
(d) Walter.

5. What does the baker give to Marie-Laure in addition to a loaf of bread during her visit in Part Nine: May 1944?
(a) A bottle of wine.
(b) A turnip.
(c) A sack of potatoes.
(d) A cabbage.

6. What does Werner say is his favorite thing he has ever seen in his letter to Jutta in Part Nine: May 1944?
(a) The citadel.
(b) Berlin.
(c) The sea.
(d) An American ship.

7. What is the code phrase that Marie-Laure tells the baker when she goes to collect messages in Part Seven: August 1942?
(a) Two apples please.
(b) The blonde mermaids meet.
(c) Two baguettes please.
(d) One ordinary loaf.

8. What does Bernd describe to Werner and Volkheimer before he dies in Part Six: 8 August 1944?
(a) His last visit with his sister.
(b) His last visit with his father.
(c) His last visit with his brother.
(d) His last visit with his mother.

9. What is the name of the Jewess from Frederick's elevator that appears to Werner in a vision in Part Ten: 12 August 1944?
(a) Frau Accolay.
(b) Frau Schwartzenberger.
(c) Frau Hauptmann.
(d) Frau von Rumpel.

10. Who calls Sergeant Major von Rumpel to relate what he has found out about the locksmith in Part Nine: May 1944?
(a) Harold Bazin.
(b) Jean Brignon.
(c) Professor Hublin.
(d) Charles Gounod.

11. What drug is in the ampules that Sergeant Major von Rumpel takes in Part Eight: 9 August 1944?
(a) Cyanide.
(b) Aspirin.
(c) LSD.
(d) Morphine.

12. What has caught fire in the house when Werner enters and faces von Rumpel in Part Ten: 12 August 1944?
(a) A curtain.
(b) The radio.
(c) The attic.
(d) The living room.

13. What does the phrase "belle laide" mean in English, according to the narrator in Part Ten: 12 August 1944?
(a) Beautiful ugly.
(b) Beautiful woman.
(c) Blue cloud.
(d) Beautiful child.

14. How does Volkheimer say partisans are coordinating attacks on German trains in Part Seven: August 1942?
(a) By telephone.
(b) By radio signal.
(c) By hand signals.
(d) By bread messages.

15. What is inside the first can that Marie-Laure opens in Part Eight: 9 August 1944?
(a) Blueberries.
(b) Green beans.
(c) Blackberries.
(d) Peaches.

Short Answer Questions

1. What month is it when Marie-Laure leads her great-uncle to the gates of the Jardin des Plantes in Part Eleven: 1945?

2. How long does the doctor in Nuremberg tell von Rumpel he has left to live in Part Nine: May 1944?

3. What do the French policemen say that Daniel LeBlanc has been convicted of in Part Five: January 1941?

4. How many days has Werner been trapped under the Hotel of Bees when he first hears Marie-Laure's voice on the radio in Part Eight: 9 August 1944?

5. Where does Etienne receive the messages from that he broadcasts via radio in Part Seven: August 1942?

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