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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. What does Marie-Laure eat when she awakens in Part Four: 8 August 1944?
(a) Soup.
(b) Bread.
(c) Potatoes.
(d) Beans.

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

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

4. What structure does Marie-Laure recall her father describing for her at the Pantheon in Paris in Part Four: 8 August 1944?
(a) Foucault's pendulum.
(b) The World Trade Center.
(c) Big Ben.
(d) The Eiffel Tower.

5. 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) Precedent.
(c) Antecedent.
(d) Inclusion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Claude Lavitte's trade prior to the war?

2. What is the name of the coal mining complex where Werner Pfennig grows up?

3. How many carats is the Sea of Flames said to be?

4. What is the date of the telegram that directs Daniel LeBlanc to return to Paris at the end of the month in Part Three?

5. How old is Etienne LeBlanc described as being in Part Four: 8 August 1944?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Sergeant Major von Rumpel's new objective in Part Five: January 1941? Where does this objective lead him?

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. How does the narrator describe the activities in Saint-Malo in the beginning of Part Two: 8 August, 1944?

5. What gifts does Marie-Laure's father begin giving her after she becomes blind in Part One: 1934?

6. How does the narrator describe Marie-Laure's reaction to the bombing in Part Two: 8 August, 1944?

7. How does Madame Manec come to the decision to help the French Resistance in Part Five: January 1941?

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

9. How does Etienne "introduce himself" to Marie-Laure in Part Three: June 1940? What are Marie-Laure's first impressions of her great-uncle?

10. What does Etienne show to Marie-Laure in the attic in Part Three: June 1940?

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