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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What month is it when Marie-Laure leads her great-uncle to the gates of the Jardin des Plantes in Part Eleven: 1945?
(a) March.
(b) August.
(c) September.
(d) July.

2. What nickname does Dr. Geffard call Marie-Laure in Part Eleven: 1945?
(a) Petit Marie.
(b) Laurette.
(c) Petit-LeBlanc.
(d) Petit-fors.

3. Where does Werner recall a crimson banner hanging as he wires the radio in Part Six: 8 August 1944?
(a) At Volkheimer's house.
(b) At Herr Siedler's house.
(c) At Adolf Hitler's house.
(d) At Joseph Goebbels' house.

4. When did Joseph Goebbels die?
(a) March 12, 1944.
(b) September 11, 1945.
(c) May 1, 1945.
(d) June 12, 1961.

5. What does the phrase "belle laide" mean in English, according to the narrator in Part Ten: 12 August 1944?
(a) Beautiful ugly.
(b) Blue cloud.
(c) Beautiful woman.
(d) Beautiful child.

6. Where does Werner's group unload, refuel, and eat on their way to Saint-Malo in Part Nine: May 1944?
(a) Cancale.
(b) Evreux.
(c) Nuremberg.
(d) Epernay.

7. Where are the headmistress and the four girls still at Children's House transferred to work at a machine parts factory in Part Ten: 12 August 1944?
(a) Berlin.
(b) Saint-Malo.
(c) Essen.
(d) The Front.

8. How does Volkheimer say partisans are coordinating attacks on German trains in Part Seven: August 1942?
(a) By bread messages.
(b) By telephone.
(c) By radio signal.
(d) By hand signals.

9. When the French policemen search Etienne's house, they comment about what objects that he has kept in a closet that could put him in jeopardy in Part Five: January 1941?
(a) Model trains.
(b) French flags.
(c) Radio parts.
(d) Electrical tools.

10. What code phrase does the baker tell Marie-Laure when she goes to get her bread in Part Nine: May 1944?
(a) The baker is out.
(b) The mermaids have bleached hair.
(c) We have no more bread.
(d) The snails are coming onto land.

11. Who calls Sergeant Major von Rumpel to relate what he has found out about the locksmith in Part Nine: May 1944?
(a) Professor Hublin.
(b) Charles Gounod.
(c) Harold Bazin.
(d) Jean Brignon.

12. What is Sergeant Major von Rumpel's first name?
(a) Wilhelm.
(b) Edward.
(c) Reinhold.
(d) Werner.

13. Who hurls a grenade at the stairwell under the Hotel of Bees in Part Ten: 12 August 1944?
(a) Bernd.
(b) Sergeant Major von Rumpel.
(c) Werner.
(d) Volkheimer.

14. What word from Part Six: 8 August 1944 means confused as to time or place?
(a) Interloped.
(b) Frequented.
(c) Disoriented.
(d) Marginalized.

15. What is the final song that Marie-Laure plays over the radio waves in Part Ten: 12 August 1944?
(a) Canon in D.
(b) Warsaw Concerto.
(c) Symphonie fantastique.
(d) Clair de Lune.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Vokheimer pile onto Bernd's body after he dies in Part Six: 8 August 1944?

2. How long does Etienne remain in his study after Madame Manec dies in Part Seven: August 1942?

3. Whose errant bomb hits Fort National in Part Eight: 9 August 1944?

4. What does Bernd describe to Werner and Volkheimer before he dies in Part Six: 8 August 1944?

5. What illness does Madame Manec contract in Part Five: January 1941?

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