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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 sack of potatoes.
(b) A turnip.
(c) A bottle of wine.
(d) A cabbage.

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

3. Where does Etienne receive the messages from that he broadcasts via radio in Part Seven: August 1942?
(a) Inside loaves of bread.
(b) Inside apple pies.
(c) Inside seashells on the beach.
(d) Inside pillowcases.

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

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

6. Who does Werner recall having seen "through all the stagecraft" of Hitler's rise to power in Part Eight: 9 August 1944?
(a) Jutta.
(b) Fanni.
(c) Frederick.
(d) Marie-Laure.

7. Where do Werner and the corporal come to a train transfer station after leaving Schulpforta in Part Seven: August 1942?
(a) Lodz.
(b) Zurich.
(c) Bonn.
(d) Berlin.

8. What illness does Madame Manec contract in Part Five: January 1941?
(a) Polio.
(b) Smallpox.
(c) Pneumonia.
(d) Rheumatic fever.

9. Where does von Rumpel find a bathtub three-quarters full of water in the house in Part Six: 8 August 1944?
(a) On the fourth floor.
(b) On the third floor.
(c) On the second floor.
(d) On the sixth floor.

10. What word from Part Six: 8 August 1944 means to flow out from a source or origin?
(a) Culminate.
(b) Intercede.
(c) Begrudge.
(d) Emanate.

11. What does Vokheimer pile onto Bernd's body after he dies in Part Six: 8 August 1944?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Bricks.
(c) Potatoes.
(d) Seashells.

12. Who sacrifices herself first to the Russians when they find the girls in Part Eleven: 1945?
(a) Hannah.
(b) Gretel.
(c) Frau Elena.
(d) Jutta.

13. 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 brother.
(c) His last visit with his mother.
(d) His last visit with his father.

14. Where does Werner recall a crimson banner hanging as he wires the radio in Part Six: 8 August 1944?
(a) At Adolf Hitler's house.
(b) At Volkheimer's house.
(c) At Herr Siedler's house.
(d) At Joseph Goebbels' house.

15. What is Sergeant Major von Rumpel's first name?
(a) Reinhold.
(b) Wilhelm.
(c) Werner.
(d) Edward.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Werner when Frederick has disappeared at the school in Part Five: January 1941?

2. What ship is described in Marie-Laure's reading over the radio in Part Ten: 12 August 1944?

3. The narrator says in Part Nine: May 1944, "The last days of May 1944 in Saint-Malo feel to Marie-Laure like the last days of May 1940" where?

4. Who is the mining official that has sent a note congratulating Werner for his successes in Part Eight: 9 August 1944?

5. What pseudonym does Marie-Laure choose for herself in Part Five: January 1941?

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