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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 word from Part Eight: 9 August 1944 refers to a cannon having a relatively short barrel that is used for firing shells at a high angle of elevation?
(a) Panzer.
(b) Panzerkampfwagen.
(c) Fahrgestell.
(d) Howitzer.

2. When Werner is summoned to the commandant's office in Chapter 90: "Orders," he is told that his age was recorded wrong. How old does the commandant tell Werner he really is?
(a) 15.
(b) 16.
(c) 18.
(d) 14.

3. Where has Sergeant Major von Rumpel recently completed treatments in Part Seven: August 1942?
(a) Avranches.
(b) Zollverein.
(c) Essen.
(d) Stuttgart.

4. What drug is in the ampules that Sergeant Major von Rumpel takes in Part Eight: 9 August 1944?
(a) Aspirin.
(b) Morphine.
(c) LSD.
(d) Cyanide.

5. Where does Marie-Laure go to refill her can with water while the German is still in the house in Part Eight: 9 August 1944?
(a) To the third-floor bathtub.
(b) To the bucket in the kitchen.
(c) To the third-floor toilet.
(d) To the bucket in her bedroom.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many of the 380 French prisoners at Fort National are killed instantly when the bomb hits in Part Eight: 9 August 1944?

2. Whose bookshop does Etienne recall as he lay in the bombed prison in Part Ten: 12 August 1944?

3. Who sacrifices herself first to the Russians when they find the girls in Part Eleven: 1945?

4. Who does Werner recall having seen "through all the stagecraft" of Hitler's rise to power in Part Eight: 9 August 1944?

5. What is the code phrase that Marie-Laure tells the baker when she goes to collect messages in Part Seven: August 1942?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens after Werner hears the first Russian voices on the radio in Part Seven: August 1942?

2. How does Marie-Laure determine that someone is in the house in Part Six: 8 August 1944? How does she react to this information?

3. How does Werner respond when he hears Marie-Laure on the radio in Part Eight: 9 August 1944?

4. What exchange takes place between Werner and Sergeant Major von Rumpel in Part Ten: 12 August 1944?

5. Where does Sergeant Major von Rumpel go inside of Etienne's home in Part Six: 8 August 1944? What is he seeking?

6. What inspires Volkheimer to find a way to freedom from the collapsed hotel basement in Part Ten: 12 August 1944? How does he escape?

7. How are Jutta's circumstances described in Part Eleven: 1945? Where does Jutta live and work?

8. What internal conflicts does Marie-Laure face in Part Eight: 9 August 1944? How does she overcome these conflicts?

9. What is the mission that Werner's group is assigned in Saint-Malo in Part Nine: May 1944?

10. How is Bernd's death described in Part Six: 8 August 1944? How does Werner react to Bernd's death?

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