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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 is the title of Part 4?
(a) Brussels.
(b) Paris.
(c) Tokyo.
(d) London.

2. Who occupied Japan after the Second World War?
(a) West Germany.
(b) USA.
(c) Britain.
(d) USSR.

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

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

5. Who was appointed the German Chancellor in 1933?
(a) Schiller.
(b) Heller.
(c) Hitler.
(d) Bismarck.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did a young Jew shoot Ernst von Rath?

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

3. What is the title of Chapter 20?

4. What did Tomokazu excel in making?

5. Where did Thomas and travel to last time they traveled together?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe Hendrik de Waal.

4. How did Vienna change during the war?

5. How did Viktor escape Slovakia?

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

7. How does the author describe Emmy and Viktor's three children?

8. What does Edmund discover about how Viktor and Emmy lived their lives?

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

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

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