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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7 and 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Maria learn her English?
(a) She worked as a translator during the war.
(b) She learned it at boarding school.
(c) From her grandmother who used to work at an English boarding school.
(d) Her father was English.

2. Where did Leonard get his teak-lined silver-plated cigarette box that was engraved with his initials?
(a) He received it from his sweetheart.
(b) His best friend from college gave it to him at graduation.
(c) It was a going away present from his parents.
(d) He bought it on his first day in Berlin.

3. What item is Leonard unable to find while grocery shopping in Chapter 3?
(a) Sugar.
(b) Instant coffee.
(c) Cigarettes.
(d) Coca-cola.

4. Where do Maria's parents live?
(a) In a city called Dusseldorf.
(b) They are both deceased.
(c) In Switzerland.
(d) In the East sector of Berlin.

5. Why are the English national serviceman that Leonard meets in Chapter 3 in no hurry to return home to England?
(a) They like the beer and the girls of Germany.
(b) They are getting paid very well to stay in Germany.
(c) Their families were killed during the war back in London.
(d) They don't have jobs to return to in England.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Maria know about Leonard's work in Chapter 8?

2. What is Russell's opinion of secrecy?

3. Why has Maria been working a lot of overtime in Chapter 8?

4. What does Russell do for employment?

5. According to the Englishman, how do the German women view the Russians?

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