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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When it comes time for the baby to feed, Liesel insists that Von Abt do what in "Construction"?
(a) Call Viktor.
(b) Play piano.
(c) Stay and watch.
(d) Leave the room.

2. In "Coda," Hana visits Liesel and tells her that whose husband was holding her hostage?
(a) Kata's.
(b) Eva's.
(c) Marika's.
(d) Ottilie's.

3. 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 gypsy world."
(c) "A universe of love."
(d) A fountain.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Love," Kata's daughter asks if Viktor is one of her mother's _________.

2. In "Construction," Liesel and Viktor's architect describes wanting to build a house that does what?

3. During what era does The Glass Room begin?

4. What intimate news does Liesel relate to the architect in "Conception"?

5. Liesel wants to offer Kata and her fellow refugees what in order to help them in "Encounter"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is described in "A Day in the Life"? What thoughts consume Viktor in this chapter?

2. How do Liesel and Viktor become closer in "Interior"? What does Liesel question her husband about in this chapter?

3. How does the affair between Viktor and Kata rekindle in "Ship"?

4. Whom does Hana describe helping in "Coda"? Why?

5. How is the onyx wall proposed in "Onyx"? What are the differences in Liesel and Viktor's feelings about the house?

6. What political altercation takes place at the dinner party in "Dinner"?

7. What architect do Liesel and Viktor meet in "Honeymoon"? Where?

8. What do Liesel and Viktor ask the architect to build in "Commitment"? What is his response?

9. Where have the central characters just arrived in "Honeymoon"? How do they feel about one another?

10. What emotional conflict does Hana face in "Memories"? Who consoles her?

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