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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. What is the name of the coal mining complex where Werner Pfennig grows up?
2. What kind of gemstone is the Sea of Flames?
3. What German word is described as meaning "child's play" in Part Five: January 1941?
4. Who is the directress of the orphanage where Werner grows up?
5. What is the name of the orphanage where Werner and his younger sister grow up?
Short Essay Questions
1. What test does Werner undergo in Part Three: June 1940? What are the results of Werner's testing?
2. What happens to Frederick when he and Werner return to school after the holidays in Part Five: January 1941?
3. What efforts does Volkheimer make to free himself and the others in Part Four: 8 August 1944?
4. How does Marie-Laure respond when the radios are confiscated in Part Three: June 1940? What secret does Marie-Laure keep?
5. How does the narrator describe the activities in Saint-Malo in the beginning of Part Two: 8 August, 1944?
6. What do Marie-Laure and her father find when they reach Francois Giannot's house in Part Three: June 1940?
7. What does Werner find when he awakens in Part Two: 8 August, 1944? Where is Werner?
8. Where does Marie-Laure obtain the Sea of Flames from in Part Zero: 7 August, 1944? How is this object described?
9. Where does Marie-Laure go to seek shelter during the bombing in Part Two: 8 August, 1944? Why? What does she take with her?
10. What is Sergeant Major von Rumpel's new objective in Part Five: January 1941? Where does this objective lead him?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe Germany’s National Political Institutes of Education and the testing undergone by Werner in Part Three: June 1940. What types of tests does Werner take in Essen? How many students will be accepted into the program? When was the National Political Institutes of Education established and what was its mission?
Essay Topic 2
Describe the actions, objectives, and obstacles of Werner and Volkheimer in Part Two: 8 August, 1944. What has caused Werner and Volkheimer to become entrapped? How do they go about trying to free themselves? What obstacles do they face?
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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