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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 street is the Hotel of Bees described as being on in Part Two: 8 August, 1944?
(a) The rue de la Crosse.
(b) Avenue des Champs-Elysees.
(c) The Place de la Concorde.
(d) The rue Martin.

2. What nickname does Werner describe for Frank Volkheimer in his letters to Jutta in Part Three: June 1940?
(a) The Bear.
(b) The Giant.
(c) The Snake.
(d) The Gun.

3. How old is Etienne LeBlanc described as being in Part Four: 8 August 1944?
(a) 53.
(b) 46.
(c) 75.
(d) 63.

4. 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?
(a) Schulpforta.
(b) Evreux.
(c) Essen.
(d) Cancale.

5. How many carats is the Sea of Flames said to be?
(a) 89.
(b) 133.
(c) 95.
(d) 119.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does the colonel say the Hermann Goring Division will break the American line in Part Four: 8 August 1944?

3. 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?

4. Where does the museum curator say a prince plucked the Sea of Flames from a dry riverbed centuries ago in Part One: 1934?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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