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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. The narrator describes Marie-Laure's pupils as appearing as though they are full of what when Werner sees her in Part Ten: 12 August 1944?
(a) Blood.
(b) Milk.
(c) Water.
(d) Coal.

2. What is the code phrase that Marie-Laure tells the baker when she goes to collect messages in Part Seven: August 1942?
(a) Two apples please.
(b) One ordinary loaf.
(c) The blonde mermaids meet.
(d) Two baguettes please.

3. What is Sergeant Major von Rumpel's first name?
(a) Werner.
(b) Edward.
(c) Reinhold.
(d) Wilhelm.

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

5. What do the French policemen say that Daniel LeBlanc has been convicted of in Part Five: January 1941?
(a) Theft and conspiracy.
(b) Treason and conspiracy.
(c) Espionage.
(d) Murder.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old does Etienne tell his jailers that his is in Part Ten: 12 August 1944?

2. How long does the doctor in Nuremberg tell von Rumpel he has left to live in Part Nine: May 1944?

3. What is the name of the driver in Werner's group in Part Seven: August 1942?

4. 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?

5. Where do Madame Manec and Marie-Laure meet with the man named Rene in Part Five: January 1941?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Marie-Laure do with the radio in the attic in Part Eight: 9 August 1944? Why?

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

6. What does Werner witness at the train station near Lodz in Part Seven: August 1942? How does this affect him?

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

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

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

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

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