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

2. What German word is described as meaning "child's play" in Part Five: January 1941?
(a) Haben.
(b) Kinderleicht.
(c) Reich.
(d) Dicht.

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

4. Under what peninsular fort does the narrator describe underground armories and a hospital in Chapter 5 of Part Zero: 7 August, 1944?
(a) Bonn.
(b) La Cite.
(c) Versailles.
(d) Zollverein.

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?
(a) 4 rue Vauborel.
(b) 27 rue de Chartres.
(c) 16 rue de la Crosse.
(d) 33 rue de Esplanade.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Etienne leave a trail of on the ground for Marie-Laure to find when he first meets her in Part Three: June 1940?

2. What town do Marie-Laure and her father reach two days after fleeing Paris in Part Three: June 1940?

3. What term from Part Four: 8 August 1944 refers to a German two-seated dive-bomber with a single in-line engine?

4. What was Claude Lavitte's trade prior to the war?

5. What has Marie-Laure's father been building a model of in Part Three: June 1940?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Where does Marie-Laure go to seek shelter during the bombing in Part Two: 8 August, 1944? Why? What does she take with her?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. 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?

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