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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Werner Pfennig when he is introduced in Chapter 4 of Part Zero: 7 August, 1944?
(a) 12.
(b) 22.
(c) 14.
(d) 18.

2. What term from Part Five: January 1941 refers to a small bubble of gas or liquid enclosed in a mineral or rock?
(a) Carat.
(b) Inclusion.
(c) Precedent.
(d) Antecedent.

3. What does the legend of the Sea of Flames supposedly ensure for the owner of the gem?
(a) Immortality.
(b) Death.
(c) Beauty.
(d) Wealth.

4. Who does Werner develop equipment for at the school in Part Five: January 1941?
(a) Hauptmann.
(b) Professor Hublin.
(c) Bastian.
(d) Joseph Goebbels.

5. What month is it when Frederick disappears from the school altogether in Part Five: January 1941?
(a) June.
(b) April.
(c) March.
(d) September.

6. What word from Part Two: 8 August, 1944 means to change from one nature, substance, form, or condition into another?
(a) Interference.
(b) Transmute.
(c) Suspend.
(d) Infraction.

7. Whose house at 9 rue St. Nicolas is on fire when Marie-Laure and her father reach it in Part Three: June 1940?
(a) Joseph Goebbel's house.
(b) Monsieur Francois Giannot's house.
(c) Sergeant Major von Rumpel's house.
(d) Monsieur Claude Levitte's house.

8. What is the name of Marie-Laure's great-uncle who owns the house where she is staying in Chapter 3 of Part Zero: 7 August, 1944?
(a) Etienne.
(b) Frederick.
(c) Sergeant Major von Rumpel.
(d) Michel.

9. What does Etienne leave a trail of on the ground for Marie-Laure to find when he first meets her in Part Three: June 1940?
(a) Pebbles.
(b) Seashells.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Bread crumbs.

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

11. Under what peninsular fort does the narrator describe underground armories and a hospital in Chapter 5 of Part Zero: 7 August, 1944?
(a) Bonn.
(b) Versailles.
(c) La Cite.
(d) Zollverein.

12. How long has it been since Etienne has left his home in Part Three: June 1940?
(a) 3 years.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 20 years.

13. How long ago does the narrator say that D-Day occurred in Chapter 5 of Part Zero: 7 August, 1944?
(a) 2 weeks ago.
(b) 2 months ago.
(c) 3 days ago.
(d) 4 months ago.

14. 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?
(a) 269.
(b) 182.
(c) 363.
(d) 26.

15. Where does Sergeant Major von Rumpel stay in Paris in Part Five: January 1941?
(a) The Grand Hotel.
(b) The Hotel Duchy.
(c) The Hotel Versailles.
(d) The Hotel of Bees.

Short Answer Questions

1. What term from Part Four: 8 August 1944 refers to a German two-seated dive-bomber with a single in-line engine?

2. What is the gemstone hidden inside of in Part Two: 8 August, 1944?

3. The stone that pops out of the miniature house and into Marie-Laure's palm is described as being what size, in Part Zero: 7 August, 1944?

4. What kind of gemstone is the Sea of Flames?

5. Where does the museum curator say a prince plucked the Sea of Flames from a dry riverbed centuries ago in Part One: 1934?

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