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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 language does Werner hear when he first picks up messages over the radio in Part Seven: August 1942?
(a) English.
(b) Russian.
(c) French.
(d) German.

2. What does the phrase "belle laide" mean in English, according to the narrator in Part Ten: 12 August 1944?
(a) Beautiful woman.
(b) Beautiful child.
(c) Blue cloud.
(d) Beautiful ugly.

3. Where is Etienne held prisoner in Part Ten: 12 August 1944?
(a) Versailles.
(b) Schulpforta.
(c) Fort National.
(d) Evreux.

4. Where does von Rumpel find a bathtub three-quarters full of water in the house in Part Six: 8 August 1944?
(a) On the second floor.
(b) On the fourth floor.
(c) On the sixth floor.
(d) On the third floor.

5. What does the word "Lebensraum" translate to in English?
(a) Kingdom.
(b) Emperor.
(c) Living space.
(d) Servitude.

Short Answer Questions

1. What prison do the French policemen say that they believe Daniel LeBlanc may be housed at in Part Five: January 1941?

2. What code phrase does the baker tell Marie-Laure when she goes to get her bread in Part Nine: May 1944?

3. Who is the composer of "Clair de Lune"?

4. What objects does Marie-Laure have with her as she hides from the German inside the house at the end of Part Six: 8 August 1944?

5. Whose errant bomb hits Fort National in Part Eight: 9 August 1944?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is related in Daniel LeBlanc's letter to Marie-Laure in Part Five: January 1941?

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

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

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

5. What exchange takes place between Marie-Laure and Sergeant Major von Rumpel in Part Nine: May 1944?

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

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

8. How does Werner respond when Marie-Laure ends her broadcast in Part Ten: 12 August 1944?

9. What does Frau Elena do when she and the girls encounter the Russian soldiers in Part Eleven: 1945?

10. How does Sergeant Major von Rumpel respond when he learns that he has only a short amount of time left in Part Nine: May 1944?

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