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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 river.
(b) To the mountain.
(c) To the prairie.
(d) To the ocean.

2. When did World War II end?
(a) 1948.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1952.
(d) 1942.

3. In "Berta" the reader is introduced to what woman that Tomas has slept with for many years?
(a) Hana.
(b) Marika.
(c) Eve.
(d) Kata.

4. In "Flight," the Landauers begin their drive toward the airport, but notice that many of the roads are ______.
(a) Flooded.
(b) On fire.
(c) Blocked.
(d) Covered in ashes.

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

6. What word in Nazi doctrine refers to a non-Jewish Caucasian, especially of Nordic stock?
(a) Runic.
(b) Aryan.
(c) Cayan.
(d) Authorian.

7. "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) Her affair with the pianist.
(c) Her husband's death.
(d) The new use for the house.

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

9. Whom, according to Liesel's mother, was sent away in her letter in "Dissolution"?
(a) Ottilie and Martin.
(b) Hana and Oskar.
(c) Rainer von Abt.
(d) Tomas and Oskar.

10. What is the laboratory of Stahl's referred to as in the novel?
(a) The Biometric Center.
(b) The Genetics Center.
(c) The Biodiversity Center.
(d) The Neutron Center.

11. In "Protektor" there is panic in the Glass Room because who has decided to visit?
(a) Rainer von Abt.
(b) Oskar.
(c) A high ranking Nazi official.
(d) Viktor.

12. 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 Axis powers.
(d) The Allies.

13. Hana reveals to Stahl in "Storm" that she is __________.
(a) Divorced.
(b) Jewish.
(c) In love with him.
(d) Pregnant.

14. When the Landauers reach the front of the line in "Ocean," who gives all the papers for everyone?
(a) Oskar.
(b) Viktor.
(c) Hana.
(d) Liesel.

15. Whom does Liesel discover in bed together in "Exile"?
(a) Viktor and Marika.
(b) Viktor and Kata.
(c) Lanik and Kata.
(d) Oskar and Hana.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Ondine" the reader learns about a child patient who stops breathing ___________.

2. "Departure" begins with Liesel frightened and worried for whom?

3. In "Rainer," Liesel kisses Rainer von Abt goodbye and notices that she always forgets how ________ he is in her memories?

4. One day in "Dissolution," Liesel receives a disturbing letter from her mother who calls the Nazis what?

5. In "Paris," Tomas is scheduled to attend a medical conference and arrange for whom to attend?

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