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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 does the legend of the Sea of Flames supposedly ensure for the owner of the gem?

2. What month is it when Frederick disappears from the school altogether in Part Five: January 1941?

3. What term from Part Three: June 1940 refers to a psychological theory based on the belief that certain mental faculties and character traits are indicated by the configurations of the skull?

4. Where does the colonel say the Hermann Goring Division will break the American line in Part Four: 8 August 1944?

5. Where does Marie-Laure LeBlanc's father work in the beginning of Part One: 1934?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the narrator describe the activities in Saint-Malo in the beginning of Part Two: 8 August, 1944?

3. What internal conflicts does Daniel LeBlanc face when he receives a letter from the museum director in Part Three: June 1940?

4. What test does Werner undergo in Part Three: June 1940? What are the results of Werner's testing?

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

6. How is Frederick's home described in Part Five: January 1941? What prized object does Frederick show Werner at his home?

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

8. What setting is introduced in Chapter 1: "Leaflets"? What leaflets are referred to in the title of this chapter?

9. Where are Marie-Laure and her father going in Part Three: June 1940? Who greets them when they reach their destination?

10. What is Marie-Laure doing when the bombing begins in Chapter 3: "The Girl"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Describe the setting of Saint-Malo and the circumstances of World War II in Saint-Malo in August of 1944. For how long had the war been raging in Europe at this time? What major events of the war occurred in August of 1944? What statements are on the flyers that drop upon Saint-Malo in the first chapters?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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