View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What instrument does Henrik de Waal play?
(a) Trumpet.
(b) Guitar.
(c) Fiddle.
(d) Violin.

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

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

4. Who is talking to Emmy in the picture in Chapter 17 taken in 1906?
(a) Charles.
(b) The Archduke.
(c) Viktor.
(d) The Empress.

5. Why is it seen as dishonorable when Germany invaded Belgium?
(a) It is in poverty.
(b) It has no government.
(c) It supports the Germans.
(d) It is a neutral country.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the only color Evelina wears?

2. Where did Viktor live in England?

3. What subject at school does the author say Iggy is not good at?

4. What does Richter and Henker translate to in English?

5. In which city was it arranged for Iggy to begin his studies?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe Hendrik de Waal.

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

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

6. What does Edmund's father find for Edmund that he thinks will be important to his research?

7. Why does the author think the Japanese are so good with their hands?

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

9. Describe the family apartment when Elisabeth visits after the second world war.

10. Why did Iggy like Japan?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 809 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample