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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the architect Liesel and Viktor meet on their honeymoon?
(a) Tomas.
(b) Rainer von Abt.
(c) Hana Hankova.
(d) Miroslav Nemec.

2. In what month does the Landauer family move into the completed house in "Completion"?
(a) December.
(b) November.
(c) January.
(d) September.

3. "Happy Families" begins with Liesel reading a review of the house in __________.
(a) An architectural journal.
(b) An American magazine.
(c) An art journal.
(d) A newspaper.

4. Where does Hana say she helped the woman whose husband was holding her hostage escape in "Coda"?
(a) New York.
(b) Paris.
(c) Zurich.
(d) London.

5. Of what heritage is Viktor Landauer?
(a) Asian.
(b) Indian.
(c) Jewish.
(d) Arab.

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

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

8. Who comforts Hana after her lover leaves her in "Memories"?
(a) Liesel.
(b) Rainer.
(c) Viktor.
(d) Tomas.

9. In "Small Issue," Viktor decides that what month is the latest the family can stay in Czechoslovakia?
(a) August.
(b) November.
(c) September.
(d) March.

10. When was Adolf Hitler born?
(a) 1889.
(b) 1919.
(c) 1842.
(d) 1912.

11. What is the name of Viktor and Liesel's daughter in "Construction"?
(a) Marika.
(b) Ottilie.
(c) Zdenka.
(d) Rainer.

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

13. What intimate news does Liesel relate to the architect in "Conception"?
(a) She is married.
(b) She is in love with him.
(c) She is divorced.
(d) She is pregnant.

14. The house that is being designed for Liesel and Viktor is described as looking ___________.
(a) Blue and green.
(b) Upside down.
(c) Burly and heavy.
(d) Inside out.

15. 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?
(a) "A whole world."
(b) A fountain.
(c) "A universe of love."
(d) "A gypsy world."

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Liesel call Viktor when he becomes upset that Liesel jokes with Rainer during the dinner in "Conception"?

2. What was the name of Liesel's brother who fought in World War I?

3. With what famous pianist does Hana describe having an affair in "Hana"?

4. In "Anschluss," Viktor suggests to Liesel that they do what in order to help some of the refugees flooding into Czechoslovakia?

5. When it comes time for the baby to feed, Liesel insists that Von Abt do what in "Construction"?

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