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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. Where is Marie-Laure hiding during the air raid in Part Two: 8 August, 1944?
(a) Under her bed.
(b) In the attic.
(c) In the library.
(d) Under the kitchen table.

2. What does Etienne say his brother's name was that had a beautiful voice as a boy?
(a) Claude.
(b) Henri.
(c) Michel.
(d) Albert.

3. How old is Marie-Laure LeBlanc when she goes blind?
(a) 8.
(b) 4.
(c) 12.
(d) 6.

4. How does Marie-Laure know that someone has entered the house in Part Four: 8 August 1944?
(a) She can hear screaming and shattering glass.
(b) Her great-uncle tells her.
(c) A trip-wire rings a bell.
(d) The person shoots through the front door.

5. Who is the directress of the orphanage where Werner grows up?
(a) Frau Elena.
(b) Frau Jutta.
(c) Frau Goebbels.
(d) Frau Manec.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Marie-Laure and Etienne hide the entrance to the attic in Part Three: June 1940?

2. How long ago does the narrator say that D-Day occurred in Chapter 5 of Part Zero: 7 August, 1944?

3. 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?

4. For how long has Marie-Laure's father been gone without word when Madame Manec finally takes her outside the house in Part Five: January 1941?

5. What is Adolf Hitler's birthday?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Marie-Laure and her father find when they reach Francois Giannot's house in Part Three: June 1940?

2. What does Marie-Laure discover in the cellar in Part Four: 8 August 1944? What does Marie-Laure think about as she hides?

3. What does the reader discover that Daniel LeBlanc is carrying with him in his flight from Paris in Part One: 1934? How is this revealed?

4. Where does Marie-Laure go to seek shelter during the bombing in Part Two: 8 August, 1944? Why? What does she take with her?

5. Where does Marie-Laure hear the legend of the Sea of Flames in Part One: 1934? Where was the Sea of Flames first discovered?

6. What happens to Frederick when he and Werner return to school after the holidays in Part Five: January 1941?

7. What efforts does Volkheimer make to free himself and the others in Part Four: 8 August 1944?

8. Where are Marie-Laure and her father going in Part Three: June 1940? Who greets them when they reach their destination?

9. What is Marie-Laure doing when the bombing begins in Chapter 3: "The Girl"?

10. How does the author use metaphor to illustrate Sergeant Major von Rumpel's illness in Part Four: 8 August 1944?

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