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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 name of the cultural region in the northwest of France where Etienne's house is in the novel?
(a) Basque.
(b) The Alps region.
(c) The Mediterranean.
(d) Brittany.

2. Who hurls a grenade at the stairwell under the Hotel of Bees in Part Ten: 12 August 1944?
(a) Sergeant Major von Rumpel.
(b) Volkheimer.
(c) Werner.
(d) Bernd.

3. What word from Part Eleven: 1945 refers to the science dealing with the study of mollusks?
(a) Androgyny.
(b) Paleontology.
(c) Macrology.
(d) Malacology.

4. Whose bookshop does Etienne recall as he lay in the bombed prison in Part Ten: 12 August 1944?
(a) Monsieur Hublin's bookshop.
(b) Monsieur Ruelle's bookshop.
(c) Monsieur Bazin's bookshop.
(d) Monsieur Hebrard's bookshop.

5. Where do Werner and the corporal come to a train transfer station after leaving Schulpforta in Part Seven: August 1942?
(a) Zurich.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Lodz.
(d) Bonn.

Short Answer Questions

1. What animals can Marie-Laure hear almost inaudibly from her hiding spot in Part Six: 8 August 1944?

2. What ship is described in Marie-Laure's reading over the radio in Part Ten: 12 August 1944?

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

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

5. How large has the tumor in Sergeant Major von Rumpel's throat grown when he visits the doctor in Nuremberg in Part Nine: May 1944?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How do Etienne and Madame Manec reach a resolution to their conflict in Part Five: January 1941?

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

5. What does Werner discover while listening to Etienne on the radio in Part Nine: May 1944? How does Werner deal with the situation?

6. How does Etienne begin helping the French Resistance in Part Seven: August 1942? What precautions does he take?

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

8. Why does Marie-Laure make her way to the attic in Part Six: 8 August 1944? Where does she go in the attic?

9. How is Marie-Laure affected by the German surrender in Part Eleven: 1945?

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

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