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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. How does Marie-Laure know that someone has entered the house in Part Four: 8 August 1944?
(a) Her great-uncle tells her.
(b) A trip-wire rings a bell.
(c) The person shoots through the front door.
(d) She can hear screaming and shattering glass.

2. What term from Part Three: June 1940 refers to a psychological theory based on the belief that certain mental faculties and character traits are indicated by the configurations of the skull?
(a) Anthropology.
(b) Phrenology.
(c) Cardiology.
(d) Mythology.

3. What term from Part Five: January 1941 refers to a small bubble of gas or liquid enclosed in a mineral or rock?
(a) Inclusion.
(b) Precedent.
(c) Antecedent.
(d) Carat.

4. Where is Marie-Laure hiding during the air raid in Part Two: 8 August, 1944?
(a) Under the kitchen table.
(b) In the attic.
(c) In the library.
(d) Under her bed.

5. Who answers the door at Marie-Laure's great-uncle's home when Marie-Laure and her father arrive in Part Three: June 1940?
(a) Jutta.
(b) Claude Levitte.
(c) Frederick.
(d) Madame Manec.

Short Answer Questions

1. What month is it when Frederick disappears from the school altogether in Part Five: January 1941?

2. What is Adolf Hitler's birthday?

3. What color are Werner's eyes determined to be by the inspectors at the school in Part Three: June 1940?

4. What does the legend of the Sea of Flames supposedly ensure for the owner of the gem?

5. What disorder does Etienne suffer from in the novel?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How is Claude Levitte described in Part Three: June 1940? What is Claude Levitte's objective?

4. What is Sergeant Major von Rumpel's new objective in Part Five: January 1941? Where does this objective lead him?

5. How does the narrator describe the activities in Saint-Malo in the beginning of Part Two: 8 August, 1944?

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

7. What is Werner Pfennig doing when his character is first introduced in Part Zero: 7 August, 1944? Where is Werner?

8. How is Frederick's home described in Part Five: January 1941? What prized object does Frederick show Werner at his home?

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

10. What setting is introduced in Chapter 1: "Leaflets"? What leaflets are referred to in the title of this chapter?

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