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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. To which of the following does Samuel compare Nadine’s eyes?
(a) A tiger’s.
(b) A jaguar’s.
(c) A panther’s.
(d) A lion’s.

2. At what age does Samuel start playing piano?
(a) 3.
(b) 6.
(c) 4.
(d) 5.

3. Which of the following leads efforts to evacuate children from Austria?
(a) Wijsmuller-Mejier.
(b) De Jong-Bakker.
(c) Janssen-Visser.
(d) Verhoeven-Daalmans.

4. With which of the following does Nadine have her picture taken?
(a) A ghost.
(b) A skeleton.
(c) A vampire.
(d) A zombie.

5. To which of the following does Nadine take Camille?
(a) Bolivia.
(b) Belize.
(c) Panama.
(d) Nicaragua.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does Leticia’s father grow in El Salvador?

2. On what day did Anita’s mother help Edu bathe her husband?

3. With whom of the following does Nadine conduct an affair?

4. What role does Antia’s mother have in Azabahar?

5. What does Anita note telling her mother she receives?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Selena’s family want her to take up with her long-term fiancé?

2. What about jazz infatuates Samuel?

3. How does Volker mark the end of World War I?

4. What attracts Nadine to Samuel?

5. For what reason does Samuel express preference for violin over piano?

6. What difficulties does Samuel face with his first foster-family in England?

7. How does the novel report the English handle the German war efforts against them?

8. For what reason was Leticia’s first marriage legally invalid?

9. What is Frank’s specific assignment with Anita?

10. What occasions the rumors that trouble Rudolph as the novel begins?

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