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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the coal mining complex where Werner Pfennig grows up?
(a) La Cite.
(b) Zollverein.
(c) Zurich.
(d) Saint-Malo.

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

3. Whose house at 9 rue St. Nicolas is on fire when Marie-Laure and her father reach it in Part Three: June 1940?
(a) Monsieur Claude Levitte's house.
(b) Monsieur Francois Giannot's house.
(c) Sergeant Major von Rumpel's house.
(d) Joseph Goebbel's house.

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

5. Who is the engineer that Werner recalls seeing right before the blast in Part Two: 8 August, 1944?
(a) Levitte.
(b) Michel.
(c) Bernd.
(d) Albert.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Adolf Hitler's birthday?

2. Where are the citizens instructed to surrender their radio transmitters, according to the notices in Part Three: June 1940?

3. What term from Part Four: 8 August 1944 refers to a German two-seated dive-bomber with a single in-line engine?

4. What nickname does Werner describe for Frank Volkheimer in his letters to Jutta in Part Three: June 1940?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Marie-Laure go to seek shelter during the bombing in Part Two: 8 August, 1944? Why? What does she take with her?

2. What does the reader discover that Daniel LeBlanc is carrying with him in his flight from Paris in Part One: 1934? How is this revealed?

3. What test does Werner undergo in Part Three: June 1940? What are the results of Werner's testing?

4. How does Marie-Laure cope with the loss of her sight when she goes fully blind in Part One: 1934?

5. How does Etienne "introduce himself" to Marie-Laure in Part Three: June 1940? What are Marie-Laure's first impressions of her great-uncle?

6. What is Marie-Laure doing when the bombing begins in Chapter 3: "The Girl"?

7. What thoughts consume Bermd, Volkheimer, and Werner in Part Four: 8 August 1944?

8. Where does Marie-Laure hear the legend of the Sea of Flames in Part One: 1934? Where was the Sea of Flames first discovered?

9. Where are Marie-Laure and her father going in Part Three: June 1940? Who greets them when they reach their destination?

10. How does the narrator describe Marie-Laure's reaction to the bombing in Part Two: 8 August, 1944?

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