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

2. When Viktor returns to the train car with his family in "Ocean," he is lambasted by Liesel for risking his life for what?
(a) Money.
(b) A Jew.
(c) A dog.
(d) A whore.

3. Viktor gets into an argument with an official in "Ocean" and is hit with what object?
(a) A pan handle.
(b) The butt of a gun.
(c) A book.
(d) A whip.

4. "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 new use for the house.
(c) The birth of her daughter.
(d) Her affair with the pianist.

5. In "Ocean," the Landauer's train comes to a stop at a station where there are ________surrounding the station.
(a) Russian soldiers.
(b) American soldiers.
(c) German soldiers.
(d) British soldiers.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Lanik" begins with Lanik and __________surveying the Glass House.

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

3. One of the pictures that Hana gives Zdenka in "Confession" shows Tomas tightly holding hands with whom?

4. Ondine was a water nymph who fell in love with what?

5. In "Confession," Zdenka reveals that she and ___________ are back together?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Hana's character symbolize in the novel? What purpose does she serve in the narrative?

2. How is the end of the war described in "Soviets"?

3. What causes the train with the Landauers to stop in "Ocean"?

4. Describe the character of Tomas. How does Tomas relate to Viktor?

5. What does Hana relate about her time in the concentration camp in "Comfort"?

6. Whom does Lanik show around the Landauer House in "Dispossession"? What happens at the end of this chapter?

7. Describe the reunion between the Landauers and Rainer von Abt in "Rainer." Where is the architect working now?

8. What causes panic at the Landauer House in "Protektor"?

9. What does Liesel dream about in "Dissolution"? What letter does she receive?

10. Who is taken off the train in "Ocean"? What does Viktor do to try to assuage the situation?

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