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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. What is the only color Evelina wears?

2. Which of the following objects is placed on a tray to play Kim's Game?

3. How is Elisabeth related to the author?

4. What is the title of Chapter 16?

5. What newspaper did Viktor read in order to follow news about the war?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Viktor escape Slovakia?

3. How did the Japanese company Sony develop?

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

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

6. How did Austrian government react to the atrocities of World War Two?

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

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

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

10. How did Anna save the netsuke?

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

How was Hitler able to turn the public against the Jews and other minorities in Germany? What was the environment in Germany that allowed him to create such hatred towards the minorities? What has western Europe done to ensure this won't happen again?

Essay Topic 3

In the book the author describes how the American attack and occupation changed Japan.

1. What was Japan like before the war? How did America ideals change Japan?

2. How did the Japanese cope with the change? Do they harbor any bitterness towards the Americans?

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