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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Viktor live in England?

2. What is the title of Chapter 24?

3. What is the title of Chapter 34?

4. What did Iggy visit for the first time in October 1947?

5. In which city was Viktor born?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Anna save the netsuke?

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

3. How did Viktor escape Slovakia?

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

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

6. Describe Emmy's relationship with her children.

7. How did the Japanese company Sony develop?

8. What were conditions like in Tokyo in 1947?

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

10. Why did Iggy find it easy to settle down in Tokyo than some other foreigners?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What has Western Europe done to stop anti-Semitism since World War Two? Have they been successful?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the journey of the netsuke. Why is the journey the netsuke took so important to de Waal and his family?

Essay Topic 3

What does de Waal learn about his family in the book? Why is it so important for him to know about his family? How will this new knowledge about his family help him?

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