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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the seat of federal authorities in Switzerland?
(a) Zurich.
(b) Bern.
(c) Oslo.
(d) Berlin.

2. "Swimming" begins with a letter from Hana to Liesel in which she describes the German scientist and what?
(a) Her husband's death.
(b) The birth of her daughter.
(c) The new use for the house.
(d) Her affair with the pianist.

3. In "Ondine" the reader learns about a child patient who stops breathing ___________.
(a) When she sleeps.
(b) When she is frightened.
(c) When she plays.
(d) When she is underwater.

4. The team of scientists who begin a laboratory in the Landauer house in "Occupation" are trying to find quantifiable differences between ______________.
(a) Time and space.
(b) Nazis and Arabs.
(c) Quantum genetics and solar energy.
(d) Jews and other races.

5. ___________have temporary passports in "Ocean."
(a) Liesel and Viktor.
(b) Kata and Marika.
(c) Viktor and Kata.
(d) Ottilie and Martin.

6. In "Encounter," Stahl sits in the cafe that Hana and __________would often visit.
(a) Martin.
(b) Ottilie.
(c) Liesel.
(d) Viktor.

7. In "Rainer," Rainer von Abt is now building skyscrapers in what country?
(a) England.
(b) China.
(c) America.
(d) Germany.

8. Hana was allowed to keep her baby for how long before it was taken away?
(a) 2 months.
(b) 5 months.
(c) 6 months.
(d) 1 year.

9. In "Dispossession," Lanik shows the Landauer house to whom?
(a) A Nazi official.
(b) Rainer von Abt.
(c) A Russian official.
(d) Viktor.

10. In "Confession," Zdenka reveals that she and ___________ are back together?
(a) Oskar.
(b) Viktor.
(c) Lanik.
(d) Tomas.

11. In "Comfort," Hana breaks the ice by insisting she must tell Zdenka that she had a baby where?
(a) In France.
(b) In the insane asylum.
(c) In America.
(d) In the concentration camp.

12. Ondine curses her lover that if he falls asleep he will _________.
(a) Kill someone.
(b) Have nightmares.
(c) Be able to fly.
(d) Stop breathing.

13. Who, according to Liesel during an argument, is Victor's responsibility during their argument in "Ocean"?
(a) Kata and Liesel.
(b) Liesel and the children.
(c) Oskar and Hana.
(d) Kata and Marika.

14. Whom does Liesel dream of constantly in "Dissolution"?
(a) Stahl.
(b) Hana.
(c) Charles.
(d) Dierdre.

15. Martin is the son of whom?
(a) Oskar.
(b) Hana.
(c) Viktor.
(d) Stahl.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom, according to Liesel's mother, was sent away in her letter in "Dissolution"?

2. What word means to be unfaithful in guarding, maintaining, or fulfilling?

3. In "Leaving," Hana reveals in a letter that she is sleeping with Stahl for money because all of Oskar's money and possessions have been __________.

4. Viktor gets into an argument with an official in "Ocean" and is hit with what object?

5. In "Confession," Zdenka receives a call from whom, requesting a meeting?

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