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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. "Lanik" begins with Lanik and __________surveying the Glass House.
(a) His sister.
(b) Hana.
(c) Ottilie.
(d) Viktor.

2. During "Examination," Hana decides to go visit Stahl at the house, where he takes her measurements and photographs her ____________.
(a) Nude.
(b) Wearing a gown.
(c) Wearing a tiara.
(d) In a wig.

3. In "Confession," Zdenka receives a call from whom, requesting a meeting?
(a) Hana.
(b) Lanik.
(c) Viktor.
(d) Oskar.

4. Who at first relents from letting the Nazi scientist into the Landauer home in "Occupation"?
(a) Tomas.
(b) Stahl.
(c) Lanik.
(d) Viktor.

5. What German Nazi scientist opens a laboratory in the old Landauer home in "Occupation"?
(a) Tomas.
(b) Stahl.
(c) Viktor.
(d) Oskar.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Lanik's position at the Landauer House?

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

3. In "Ocean," the Landauer's train comes to a stop at a station where there are ________surrounding the station.

4. Where is the seat of federal authorities in Switzerland?

5. In "Protektor" there is panic in the Glass Room because who has decided to visit?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Stahl's response when Hana tells him she is pregnant in "Storm"?

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

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

4. Describe the photographs Hana shows Zdenka in "Confession." What does Hana confess in this chapter?

5. How does Liesel feel about going to America in "Leaving"? What does Viktor tell her?

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

7. How is Lanik's life and surroundings described in "Lanik"? Where does he spend his time during the war?

8. Why does Liesel verbally attack Viktor in "Ocean"? How do each of them feel at the end of this chapter?

9. What is metaphorical about the story told in "Ondine"? How does this myth relate to Tomas?

10. What takes place in the line outside the train in "Ocean"?

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