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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Gossip," Liesel learns that her nanny will leave the family for what reason?
(a) To join the Nazi party.
(b) To go to school.
(c) To get married.
(d) To go to Israel.

2. In "Chata," Viktor goes to visit Kata who is wary to be alone with him because who is always watching her?
(a) Hana.
(b) Oskar.
(c) Liesel's mother.
(d) Ottilie.

3. What Nazi has been invited to the dinner party hosted by the Landauers in "Dinner"?
(a) Viktor.
(b) Maestro Nemec.
(c) Rainer von Abt.
(d) Herr Schreiber.

4. In "Birth," Viktor assesses Liesel's new form in her second pregnancy and believes she no longer looks human, but ____________.
(a) Ethereal.
(b) Matronly.
(c) Deathly.
(d) Demonic.

5. Whom does Liesel suggest as the new nanny in "Gossip"?
(a) Hana.
(b) Zdenka.
(c) Kata.
(d) Marika.

6. Hana admits she is jealous of whom in "Storm in March"?
(a) Liesel.
(b) Kata.
(c) Ottilie.
(d) Marika.

7. In "Construction," Liesel and Viktor's architect describes wanting to build a house that does what?
(a) Floats on water.
(b) Floats on air.
(c) Stands up to the elements.
(d) Represents freedom.

8. What is the name of the second child Viktor and Liesel have in "Birth"?
(a) Martin.
(b) Ottilie.
(c) Hana.
(d) Sarah.

9. In "Interior," Viktor and Liesel go where for a holiday?
(a) Paris.
(b) Vienna.
(c) Zurich.
(d) Marienbad.

10. When Viktor and Liesel solicit the architect from their honeymoon to build them a house, he at first seems hesitant, insisting it is too much pressure to build a house for ___________.
(a) Jewish people.
(b) Czechoslovakians.
(c) A corporation.
(d) An individual.

11. What is the name of the Landauers' family driver and handyman?
(a) Martin.
(b) Oskar.
(c) Lanik.
(d) Rainer.

12. Liesel wants to offer Kata and her fellow refugees what in order to help them in "Encounter"?
(a) Passage to America.
(b) A job.
(c) Her family's cottage.
(d) Her car.

13. What famous pianist plays at the housewarming party hosted by the Landauers?
(a) Tomas.
(b) Maestro Nemec.
(c) Rainer.
(d) Zdenka.

14. In "Love," Kata's daughter asks if Viktor is one of her mother's _________.
(a) "Patrons."
(b) "Friends."
(c) "Lovers."
(d) "Customers."

15. What does Hana foresee about Liesel's baby in "Hana"?
(a) It will be a girl.
(b) It will grow up in America.
(c) It will be rich.
(d) It will be a boy.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Happy Families" begins with Liesel reading a review of the house in __________.

2. What does Kata tell Viktor her profession is in "Exterior"?

3. In "Construction," Liesel and Viktor's architect insists that they will not be building a house for __________.

4. What is the name of Kata's daughter?

5. In "Conception," the architect tells Liesel and Viktor that he wishes to not only design the outside of the house, he now wants to create what on the inside of the house?

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