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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who gives Sergeant Major Reinhold von Rumpel a tour of the gems and minerals in the Grand Gallery in Part Three: June 1940?

2. How does Marie-Laure know that someone has entered the house in Part Four: 8 August 1944?

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

4. 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?

5. What does the legend of the Sea of Flames supposedly ensure for the owner of the gem?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Werner Pfennig doing when his character is first introduced in Part Zero: 7 August, 1944? Where is Werner?

3. How does Marie-Laure respond when the radios are confiscated in Part Three: June 1940? What secret does Marie-Laure keep?

4. What setting is introduced in Chapter 1: "Leaflets"? What leaflets are referred to in the title of this chapter?

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

6. 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?

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

8. Where does Marie-Laure obtain the Sea of Flames from in Part Zero: 7 August, 1944? How is this object described?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the tenets of Nazism. How are the tenets of Nazism demonstrated at Werner’s school? In what ways does the study of phrenology connect with Nazi racist beliefs? How does Werner cope with the rise of the Nazi regime during his years in school?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the narrative style of All the Light We Cannot See. Is the narrator involved in the action of the story? Is the narrative related in a present or past tense? How does the narrator’s language style help to develop the mood and tone in the first chapters? Why do you think the author chose to implement this narrative style for the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the Sea of Flames in the novel. When and where is this object first introduced? What is the legend of the Sea of Flames? How does this object drive the characters in the story?

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