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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What country did Thomas travel to Odessa from by taxi?
(a) Moldova.
(b) Armenia.
(c) Slovakia.
(d) Hungary.

3. Which of the following objects is placed on a tray to play Kim's Game?
(a) Pip's revolver.
(b) Emmy's book of poetry.
(c) Charles' netsuke.
(d) Vitkors sword.

4. What two countries had Iggy been offered placements in?
(a) China and Japan.
(b) Japan and Congo.
(c) Vietnam and Brazil.
(d) Britain and Korea.

5. Who is heir to the Hapsburg Empire in 1914?
(a) Thomas Mann.
(b) Joseph Heller.
(c) Jan Heckeroth.
(d) Franz Ferdinand.

6. What country does Gisela go to during the war?
(a) Mexico.
(b) USA.
(c) Argentina.
(d) Brazil.

7. What is the title of Chapter 34?
(a) On Polish.
(b) Laughing Eith the Dead
(c) On a Hatstand.
(d) Working Through the Mud and Grain.

8. What is the title of Chapter 17?
(a) Early Hours on a Spring Morning.
(b) The Sweet Young Thing.
(c) Long into the Night.
(d) Beating at the Doors.

9. What do Mussolini, Chamberlain and Daladier sign on September 30th?
(a) The London Accord.
(b) The Munich Accord.
(c) The Berlin Contract.
(d) The Vienna Agreement.

10. Why kind of parties did Iggy find very boring?
(a) Peep Show parties.
(b) Go Go parties.
(c) Family parties.
(d) Geisha parties.

11. What famous writer said a library was an act of faith?
(a) Victor Hugo.
(b) Franz Kafka.
(c) Charles Dickens.
(d) Thomas Mann.

12. What city does Iggy go to from Paris?
(a) London.
(b) Riga.
(c) New York.
(d) Berlin.

13. What did Iggy visit for the first time in October 1947?
(a) The house in Tunbridge Wells.
(b) His mother's grave.
(c) His grandchildren.
(d) His father's grave.

14. What two places does the author say Emmy knows how to live in?
(a) The town and the city.
(b) Vienna and France.
(c) England and Vienna.
(d) The country and the city.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Charles leave Emmy in his will?

2. What does the author call a tonic at the beginning of Chapter 17?

3. Who is Elisabeth named after?

4. What instrument does Henrik de Waal play?

5. Why is it seen as dishonorable when Germany invaded Belgium?

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