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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Four: 8 August 1944: Chapters 62-67.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What floor of the house is Marie-Laure on when the blasts hit in Part Two: 8 August, 1944?
(a) The third floor.
(b) The second floor.
(c) The sixth floor.
(d) The first floor.

2. What term from Part Four: 8 August 1944 refers to a German two-seated dive-bomber with a single in-line engine?
(a) Stuka.
(b) U-boat.
(c) Reich.
(d) Opel.

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?
(a) It must be burned and then buried.
(b) It must be thrown into the sea.
(c) It must be ground into ashes.
(d) It must be cast into a volcano.

4. Where is Werner informed he is to report to once he has been accepted into the National Political Institutes of Education in Part Three: June 1940?
(a) Schulpforta.
(b) Essen.
(c) Cancale.
(d) Evreux.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What town do Marie-Laure and her father reach two days after fleeing Paris in Part Three: June 1940?

2. Where are the citizens instructed to surrender their radio transmitters, according to the notices in Part Three: June 1940?

3. What disorder does Etienne suffer from in the novel?

4. What structure does Marie-Laure recall her father describing for her at the Pantheon in Paris in Part Four: 8 August 1944?

5. 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?

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