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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 month is it when Frederick disappears from the school altogether in Part Five: January 1941?
(a) March.
(b) September.
(c) April.
(d) June.

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

3. Where does Frederick invite Werner to visit his family for the holidays in Part Five: January 1941?
(a) Bonn.
(b) Paris.
(c) Berlin.
(d) Zurich.

4. Where are the citizens instructed to surrender their radio transmitters, according to the notices in Part Three: June 1940?
(a) 24 rue de la Esplanade.
(b) 27 rue de Chartres.
(c) 6 rue Espadrille.
(d) 16 rue de la Crosse.

5. Who hacks at the rubble in the stairwell as Werner watches in Part Four: 8 August 1944?
(a) Henri.
(b) Volkheimer.
(c) Bernd.
(d) Michel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are pouring from the sky in the first chapter of Part Zero: 7 August, 1944?

2. How does Marie-Laure know that someone has entered the house in Part Four: 8 August 1944?

3. How many trips does Marie-Laure's father make in order to surrender the family's radios in Part Three: June 1940?

4. What is the date of the telegram that directs Daniel LeBlanc to return to Paris at the end of the month in Part Three?

5. What is the address of the house that von Rumpel seeks out as he looks out over the devastation of the city in the beginning of Part Four: 8 August 1944?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Marie-Laure respond when the radios are confiscated in Part Three: June 1940? What secret does Marie-Laure keep?

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

4. What happens to Frederick when he and Werner return to school after the holidays in Part Five: January 1941?

5. How does the author use metaphor to illustrate Sergeant Major von Rumpel's illness in Part Four: 8 August 1944?

6. What gifts does Marie-Laure's father begin giving her after she becomes blind in Part One: 1934?

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

8. What does Werner find when he awakens in Part Two: 8 August, 1944? Where is Werner?

9. What internal conflicts does Daniel LeBlanc face when he receives a letter from the museum director in Part Three: June 1940?

10. How does Madame Manec come to the decision to help the French Resistance in Part Five: January 1941?

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