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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 English translation of "L'hotel des Abeilles"?
(a) The Hotel of Bees.
(b) The Hotel of Saints.
(c) The Hotel of Clouds.
(d) The Hotel of Snow.

2. 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) Joseph Goebbel's house.
(c) Monsieur Francois Giannot's house.
(d) Sergeant Major von Rumpel's house.

3. What does the legend of the Sea of Flames supposedly ensure for the owner of the gem?
(a) Immortality.
(b) Beauty.
(c) Wealth.
(d) Death.

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

5. For how long has Marie-Laure's father been gone without word when Madame Manec finally takes her outside the house in Part Five: January 1941?
(a) 29 days.
(b) 9 days.
(c) 2 weeks.
(d) 1 and 1/2 weeks.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the furniture lorry drop off Marie-Laure and her father in Part Three: June 1940?

2. What is the address where Marie-Laure sits with the model in Chapter 3 of Part Zero: 7 August, 1944?

3. How old is Marie-Laure LeBlanc when she is introduced in Chapter 3 of Part Zero: 7 August, 1944?

4. What structure does Marie-Laure recall her father describing for her at the Pantheon in Paris in Part Four: 8 August 1944?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What do Marie-Laure and her father find when they reach Francois Giannot's house in Part Three: June 1940?

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