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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. Where has Sergeant Major von Rumpel recently completed treatments in Part Seven: August 1942?

2. Who is the ship captain described in the book that Marie-Laure reads over the radio in Part Ten: 12 August 1944?

3. What book is Marie-Laure reading from when she first begins transmitting from the radio in Part Eight: 9 August 1944?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Werner's group encounter in Vienna in Part Seven: August 1942?

2. What does Marie-Laure do when she decides to take a stand in Part Ten: 12 August 1944?

3. What happens after Werner hears the first Russian voices on the radio in Part Seven: August 1942?

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

5. Where does Sergeant Major von Rumpel go inside of Etienne's home in Part Six: 8 August 1944? What is he seeking?

6. How are Jutta's circumstances described in Part Eleven: 1945? Where does Jutta live and work?

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

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

9. How does Sergeant Major von Rumpel respond when he learns that he has only a short amount of time left in Part Nine: May 1944?

10. Where do Marie and Etienne go after the end of the war in Europe in Part Eleven: 1945?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the Sea of Flames in the novel. When and where is this object first introduced? What is the legend of the Sea of Flames? How does this object drive the characters in the story?

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

Discuss the theme of mortality versus immortality in the novel. How does Etienne describe his objectives in creating the radio transmitter in the attic? Whom did Etienne hope to contact? How does Marie-Laure perceive Etienne’s fears of mortality?

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