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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 Werner's younger sister?
(a) Etienne.
(b) Jutta.
(c) Anna.
(d) Marie-Laure.

2. 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 golf ball.
(b) The size of a chicken egg.
(c) The size of a tennis ball.
(d) The size of a pigeon's egg.

3. What is the name of the maid that dotes on Frederick during his visit home in Part Five: January 1941?
(a) Frau Elena.
(b) Fanni.
(c) Jutta.
(d) Claudine.

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

5. How many of the 865 buildings within the walls of Saint-Malo remained standing after the bombings in August of 1944, according to Philip Beck's quote which opens the novel?
(a) 269.
(b) 363.
(c) 182.
(d) 26.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long ago does the narrator say that D-Day occurred in Chapter 5 of Part Zero: 7 August, 1944?

2. What item of food does Marie-Laure take with her as she seeks refuge in the house in Part Two: 8 August, 1944?

3. Where is Werner informed he is to report to once he has been accepted into the National Political Institutes of Education in Part Three: June 1940?

4. Where does Marie-Laure's father say he is now in his letter to her in Part Five: January 1941?

5. What does Werner use the rest of his money from Herr Siedler to purchase for the orphanage in Part Three: June 1940?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What efforts does Volkheimer make to free himself and the others in Part Four: 8 August 1944?

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

4. 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?

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

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

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

8. What does Etienne show to Marie-Laure in the attic in Part Three: June 1940?

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

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

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