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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What item of food does Marie-Laure take with her as she seeks refuge in the house in Part Two: 8 August, 1944?
2. What town do Marie-Laure and her father reach two days after fleeing Paris in Part Three: June 1940?
3. Where is Werner informed he is to report to once he has been accepted into the National Political Institutes of Education in Part Three: June 1940?
4. How many of the 865 buildings within the walls of Saint-Malo remained standing after the bombings in August of 1944, according to Philip Beck's quote which opens the novel?
5. Under what peninsular fort does the narrator describe underground armories and a hospital in Chapter 5 of Part Zero: 7 August, 1944?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens to Frederick when he and Werner return to school after the holidays in Part Five: January 1941?
2. 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?
3. Where does Marie-Laure hear the legend of the Sea of Flames in Part One: 1934? Where was the Sea of Flames first discovered?
4. How does Marie-Laure respond when the radios are confiscated in Part Three: June 1940? What secret does Marie-Laure keep?
5. What is Werner Pfennig doing when his character is first introduced in Part Zero: 7 August, 1944? Where is Werner?
6. How does the narrator describe the activities in Saint-Malo in the beginning of Part Two: 8 August, 1944?
7. How is Frederick's home described in Part Five: January 1941? What prized object does Frederick show Werner at his home?
8. What does Werner find when he awakens in Part Two: 8 August, 1944? Where is Werner?
9. Where does Marie-Laure go to seek shelter during the bombing in Part Two: 8 August, 1944? Why? What does she take with her?
10. Where does Marie-Laure obtain the Sea of Flames from in Part Zero: 7 August, 1944? How is this object described?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe Germany’s National Political Institutes of Education and the testing undergone by Werner in Part Three: June 1940. What types of tests does Werner take in Essen? How many students will be accepted into the program? When was the National Political Institutes of Education established and what was its mission?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the narrative style of All the Light We Cannot See. Is the narrator involved in the action of the story? Is the narrative related in a present or past tense? How does the narrator’s language style help to develop the mood and tone in the first chapters? Why do you think the author chose to implement this narrative style for the novel?
Essay Topic 3
Describe the actions, objectives, and obstacles of Werner and Volkheimer in Part Two: 8 August, 1944. What has caused Werner and Volkheimer to become entrapped? How do they go about trying to free themselves? What obstacles do they face?
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