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

2. What does Richter and Henker translate to in English?
(a) Lovers and murderers.
(b) Poets and thinkers.
(c) Fighters and cowards.
(d) Judges and hangmen.

3. Where is the chest from that the wooden Buddha in Iggy's house sits on?
(a) Korea.
(b) Russia.
(c) Austria.
(d) Britain.

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

5. What was the name of the hit song in Japan in the summer of 1948?
(a) Kyoko Kaps.
(b) The Waltz.
(c) Twist and Shout.
(d) Tokyo Boogie Woogie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Richard Hannay novel does the author reference in this section?

2. How is Elisabeth related to the author?

3. Who does Germany declare war on on the 1st of August?

4. What is the only color Evelina wears?

5. Why did the Japanese decide to accept the Pan Pan girls?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is it suggested that the American took advantage of the Japanese during their occupation of the country?

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

3. Describe Emmy's relationship with her children.

4. Why did Iggy like Japan?

5. What were conditions like in Tokyo in 1947?

6. What was the children's relationship with the netsuke?

7. What signs are there in Chapter 24 that the Nazis are taking over?

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

9. How did life in Vienna change after Hitler visited the city?

10. In what way were conditions worsening at the end of Chapter 23?

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