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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 does Werner recall a crimson banner hanging as he wires the radio in Part Six: 8 August 1944?

2. What lines the walls in the room of the house that has the model in Part Six: 8 August 1944?

3. What does the baker give to Marie-Laure in addition to a loaf of bread during her visit in Part Nine: May 1944?

4. How does Volkheimer say partisans are coordinating attacks on German trains in Part Seven: August 1942?

5. What do the French policemen say that Daniel LeBlanc has been convicted of in Part Five: January 1941?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What inspires Volkheimer to find a way to freedom from the collapsed hotel basement in Part Ten: 12 August 1944? How does he escape?

3. What exchange takes place between Marie-Laure and Sergeant Major von Rumpel in Part Nine: May 1944?

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

5. Who introduces Marie-Laure to her new hiding place in Part Five: January 1941? How is this setting described?

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

7. What leads to Etienne forbidding Madame Manec to participate in treasonous activities in his home in Part Five: January 1941?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze and discuss the character of Reinhold von Rumpel in All the Light We Cannot See. How old is von Rumpel when his character is first introduced? What is his background? What is von Rumpel’s main objective in the novel? How does he go about achieving this objective?

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