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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Emmy dressed as in the picture in Chapter 17 taken in 1900?
(a) Marie Antoinette.
(b) Anne Boelyn
(c) Judith Danae.
(d) Esther Freud.

2. What is the title of Chapter 16?
(a) Kristall Nacht.
(b) Belly Up.
(c) Family in Trouble.
(d) Liberty Hall.

3. What subject at school does the author say Iggy is not good at?
(a) History.
(b) Math.
(c) English.
(d) Geography.

4. What did Charles leave Emmy in his will?
(a) A gold necklace.
(b) His book collection.
(c) A diamond ring.
(d) A Rimbaud painting.

5. Which country promises to support Austria against the Serbs?
(a) Germany.
(b) Hungary.
(c) France.
(d) Britain.

6. What did many Japanese men have to wear after the war?
(a) Their army uniforms.
(b) Their swimming costumes.
(c) Their gowns.
(d) Their kimonos.

7. What did Iggy say it was unwise for a Jewish person to work as during the Depression?
(a) A merchant.
(b) A factory manager.
(c) A banker.
(d) A loan shark.

8. Who died on November 21, 1916?
(a) Vladimir Lenin.
(b) King George II.
(c) Franz Josef.
(d) Franz Ferdinand.

9. What is Pips doing on the pen and ink card?
(a) Dancing.
(b) Playing the piano.
(c) Writing his memoirs.
(d) Bowing to the ladies.

10. What subject did Elisabeth teach in England to earn extra money?
(a) Maths.
(b) French.
(c) Latin.
(d) German.

11. What is the only color Evelina wears?
(a) Red.
(b) Blue.
(c) White.
(d) Black.

12. What Richard Hannay novel does the author reference in this section?
(a) The Nifle Man.
(b) Treasure Island.
(c) Thirty Nine Steps.
(d) Kidnapped.

13. What do the Austrian people boycott on April 23?
(a) Football matches.
(b) Jewish shops.
(c) Hitler's speeches.
(d) The swimming baths.

14. Who had bombed Tokyo for three years?
(a) The British.
(b) The Russians.
(c) The Germans.
(d) The Americans.

15. What was the name of the Japanese religion implicated in the rise of nationalism?
(a) Buddhism.
(b) Japonmise.
(c) Shinto.
(d) Samarai.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the author's family dies on September 30, 1905?

2. In which city did Henrik de Waal grow up?

3. What does the author hope the netsuke will open for him?

4. What is the nationality of the man who assassinates the Archduke?

5. What was the name of the theater in Tokyo where American soldiers could watch films?

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