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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two: 8 August, 1944: Chapters 32-36.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is moving about the rubble with a flashlight after the blast as Werner lay unable to move in Part Two: 8 August, 1944?
(a) Bernd.
(b) Levitte.
(c) Goebbels.
(d) Volkheimer.

2. The following is one of the quotes which opens the novel: "It would not have been possible for us to take power or to use it in the ways we have without the radio." Who is attributed to this quote?
(a) Joseph Goebbels.
(b) Adolf Hitler.
(c) Herbert Hoover.
(d) Franklin Roosevelt.

3. How many bombers have already turned and climbed before the debris begins hitting the ground in Part Two: 8 August, 1944?
(a) 7.
(b) 12.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

4. What is the address where Marie-Laure sits with the model in Chapter 3 of Part Zero: 7 August, 1944?
(a) 13 rue Plantenot.
(b) 4 rue Vauborel.
(c) 8 rue Versailles.
(d) 6 rue de la Vogne.

5. What are pouring from the sky in the first chapter of Part Zero: 7 August, 1944?
(a) Leaflets.
(b) Raindrops.
(c) Snowflakes.
(d) Ashes.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Werner Pfennig when he is introduced in Chapter 4 of Part Zero: 7 August, 1944?

2. Under what peninsular fort does the narrator describe underground armories and a hospital in Chapter 5 of Part Zero: 7 August, 1944?

3. According to the legend that the museum curator relates of the Sea of Flames in Part One: 1934, what must be done with the gem in order for the curse to be lifted?

4. What floor of the house is Marie-Laure on when the blasts hit in Part Two: 8 August, 1944?

5. How many of the 865 buildings within the walls of Saint-Malo remained standing after the bombings in August of 1944, according to Philip Beck's quote which opens the novel?

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