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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Ondine go to die in grief?
(a) To the mountain.
(b) To the ocean.
(c) To the river.
(d) To the prairie.

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

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

4. How do Hana and Liesel keep in touch in "Exile"?
(a) By email.
(b) By letters.
(c) By telephone.
(d) By telegrams.

5. At the start of World War II, what coalition included France, Poland, the United Kingdom, the British Commonwealth nations, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and the Union of South Africa?
(a) The United Nations.
(b) NATO.
(c) The Allies.
(d) The Axis powers.

6. In "Concert" Hana takes Stahl to the Glass Room, where Hana shows him _________ in evening sunlight?
(a) The onyx wall.
(b) The iron gate.
(c) The garden patio.
(d) The marble wall.

7. In "Storm," Stahl does not understand Hana's concern for the Jews until she reveals what information?
(a) Her husband is Jewish.
(b) Her sister married a Jewish man.
(c) Her father was Jewish.
(d) She is Jewish.

8. Since the beginning of the war, Lanik has hoarded food and other items where on the grounds in "Lanik"?
(a) The garden shed.
(b) The basement.
(c) The attic.
(d) The garden.

9. What was Lanik's position at the Landauer House?
(a) Groundskeeper.
(b) Tutor.
(c) Court jester.
(d) Chef.

10. After Ondine's child is born, her lover cheats on her because she has lost __________.
(a) Eternal youth.
(b) Her children.
(c) All of her money.
(d) Her love for him.

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

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

13. Whom does the official tell to go to the hut in "Ocean"?
(a) Liesel.
(b) Kata.
(c) Oskar.
(d) Viktor.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the laboratory of Stahl's referred to as in the novel?

2. What does Liesel do when she discovers the house has been taken over by the Germans in "Exile"?

3. Where did Hana end up, as revealed in "Confession"?

4. Where does a bomb land in "Lanik"?

5. On a cold day in what month do bomb sirens begin to sound in "Lanik"?

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