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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 is the date of the telegram that directs Daniel LeBlanc to return to Paris at the end of the month in Part Three?

2. Where does the museum curator say a prince plucked the Sea of Flames from a dry riverbed centuries ago in Part One: 1934?

3. What term from Part Five: January 1941 refers to a small bubble of gas or liquid enclosed in a mineral or rock?

4. What does the word "corsair" mean as used in Part Four: 8 August 1944?

5. What does the word "solicitous" mean as used in Part Two: 8 August, 1944?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Etienne "introduce himself" to Marie-Laure in Part Three: June 1940? What are Marie-Laure's first impressions of her great-uncle?

2. What happens to Frederick when he and Werner return to school after the holidays in Part Five: January 1941?

3. How does Marie-Laure respond when the radios are confiscated in Part Three: June 1940? What secret does Marie-Laure keep?

4. What does Marie-Laure discover in the cellar in Part Four: 8 August 1944? What does Marie-Laure think about as she hides?

5. What thoughts consume Bermd, Volkheimer, and Werner in Part Four: 8 August 1944?

6. What efforts does Volkheimer make to free himself and the others in Part Four: 8 August 1944?

7. How does the author use metaphor to illustrate Sergeant Major von Rumpel's illness in Part Four: 8 August 1944?

8. How does Madame Manec come to the decision to help the French Resistance in Part Five: January 1941?

9. 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?

10. What is Werner Pfennig doing when his character is first introduced in Part Zero: 7 August, 1944? Where is Werner?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the setting of Frederick’s family’s home in Part Five: January 1941. Where in Berlin does Frederick’s family live? What is significant about Werner’s observation of the Jewish woman who lives above Frederick’s family? How wealthy is Frederick’s family? Where does Frederick’s father work?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the rise of the Third Reich and describe the setting of Zollverein, or the German Customs Union, in the 1930s. When was the Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex established? How many miners died in this facility like Werner’s parents? What happens to the older boys at the orphanage at Zollverein?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the actions of the French Resistance during World War II. What role did French Resistance cells play in the advancement of Allied forces? How many civilians were involved in French Resistance efforts under Nazi control? How are these efforts illustrated in the novel?

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