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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 prison do the French policemen say that they believe Daniel LeBlanc may be housed at in Part Five: January 1941?
(a) Breitenau.
(b) Schulpforta.
(c) Evreux.
(d) Auschwitz.

2. What does Vokheimer pile onto Bernd's body after he dies in Part Six: 8 August 1944?
(a) Seashells.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Bricks.
(d) Potatoes.

3. What is the name of the cultural region in the northwest of France where Etienne's house is in the novel?
(a) Brittany.
(b) The Alps region.
(c) The Mediterranean.
(d) Basque.

4. Who is the Malouin informer that has related information about Daniel LeBlanc that von Rumpel receives in Part Nine: May 1944?
(a) Charles Gounod.
(b) Claude Levitte.
(c) Professor Hublin.
(d) Harold Bazin.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What term from Part Six: 8 August 1944 refers to a device though which current can pass freely in only one direction?

2. Where does von Rumpel find a bathtub three-quarters full of water in the house in Part Six: 8 August 1944?

3. What month is it when Marie-Laure leads her great-uncle to the gates of the Jardin des Plantes in Part Eleven: 1945?

4. What drug is in the ampules that Sergeant Major von Rumpel takes in Part Eight: 9 August 1944?

5. Where does Etienne rent a flat in Paris in Part Eleven: 1945?

Short Essay Questions

1. What internal conflicts does Marie-Laure face in Part Eight: 9 August 1944? How does she overcome these conflicts?

2. What exchange takes place between Marie-Laure and Sergeant Major von Rumpel in Part Nine: May 1944?

3. What is the mission that Werner's group is assigned in Saint-Malo in Part Nine: May 1944?

4. How does Etienne begin helping the French Resistance in Part Seven: August 1942? What precautions does he take?

5. What does Werner discover while listening to Etienne on the radio in Part Nine: May 1944? How does Werner deal with the situation?

6. What exchange takes place between Werner and Sergeant Major von Rumpel in Part Ten: 12 August 1944?

7. How are Jutta's circumstances described in Part Eleven: 1945? Where does Jutta live and work?

8. How does Werner respond when he hears Marie-Laure on the radio in Part Eight: 9 August 1944?

9. What happens after Werner hears the first Russian voices on the radio in Part Seven: August 1942?

10. What does Marie-Laure do when she decides to take a stand in Part Ten: 12 August 1944?

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