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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. What did Jiro's grandfather make his fortune from?
(a) Netsuke.
(b) Geta.
(c) Paintings.
(d) Brita.

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

3. Why didn't the critics like netsuke?
(a) They thought they had no color.
(b) They thought they were overdone.
(c) They thought no effort went into making them.
(d) They thought they were too delicate.

4. In which city did Henrik de Waal grow up?
(a) Berlin.
(b) Paris.
(c) Amsterdam.
(d) London.

5. What was the name of Iggy's partner?
(a) Yuta.
(b) Jiro.
(c) Benny.
(d) Kevin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the Austrian national anthem?

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

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

4. What is the title of Chapter 24?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Edmund think Emmy had so many lovers over the years?

2. Why are Joseph Roth's novels so interesting to Edmund?

3. Why were the netsuke so important to the children?

4. What were conditions like in Tokyo in 1947?

5. How did the First World War start?

6. What was Elisabeth's passion as a student?

7. What problems does Viktor have with the vitrine in Chapter 15?

8. How did Elisabeth help her parents flee the country?

9. Why did Iggy like Japan?

10. How did Viktor escape Slovakia?

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