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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "Swimming" begins with a letter from Hana to Liesel in which she describes the German scientist and what?
(a) Her husband's death.
(b) Her affair with the pianist.
(c) The birth of her daughter.
(d) The new use for the house.

2. Where did Hana end up, as revealed in "Confession"?
(a) Ravensbruck, Germany.
(b) London, England.
(c) Zurich, Switzerland.
(d) Berlin, Germany.

3. In "Flight," the Landauers begin their drive toward the airport, but notice that many of the roads are ______.
(a) On fire.
(b) Flooded.
(c) Blocked.
(d) Covered in ashes.

4. In "Berta" the reader is introduced to what woman that Tomas has slept with for many years?
(a) Hana.
(b) Marika.
(c) Eve.
(d) Kata.

5. In "Ondine" the reader learns about a child patient who stops breathing ___________.
(a) When she plays.
(b) When she is frightened.
(c) When she sleeps.
(d) When she is underwater.

6. In "Lanik," Lanik confesses to knowing about whose affair?
(a) Marika and Viktor's.
(b) Tomas and Zdenka's.
(c) Viktor and Kata's.
(d) Viktor and Hana's.

7. Viktor gets into an argument with an official in "Ocean" and is hit with what object?
(a) A book.
(b) The butt of a gun.
(c) A pan handle.
(d) A whip.

8. In "Soviets" Mesto is taken over by whom?
(a) Japan.
(b) The Russian army.
(c) The British army.
(d) The United States.

9. What is the laboratory of Stahl's referred to as in the novel?
(a) The Neutron Center.
(b) The Biometric Center.
(c) The Biodiversity Center.
(d) The Genetics Center.

10. Whom does Lanik admit to having watched undress one time in "Lanik"?
(a) Zdenka.
(b) Ottilie.
(c) Hana.
(d) Liesel.

11. In "Concert" Hana takes Stahl to the Glass Room, where Hana shows him _________ in evening sunlight?
(a) The garden patio.
(b) The marble wall.
(c) The iron gate.
(d) The onyx wall.

12. Whom does the official tell to go to the hut in "Ocean"?
(a) Viktor.
(b) Liesel.
(c) Kata.
(d) Oskar.

13. In "Ocean," the Landauer's train comes to a stop at a station where there are ________surrounding the station.
(a) British soldiers.
(b) Russian soldiers.
(c) American soldiers.
(d) German soldiers.

14. When did World War II end?
(a) 1948.
(b) 1952.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1942.

15. As "Exile" begins, the Landauer family settles into a small villa in __________.
(a) Italy.
(b) France.
(c) England.
(d) Switzerland.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Liesel do when she discovers the house has been taken over by the Germans in "Exile"?

2. In "Leman," Liesel writes to Hana about not feeling angry with whom, although she feels she should be furious?

3. In "Leman," the Landauers have left which city and continued their journey westward?

4. When the train finally takes off in "Ocean," Liesel is dejected because she realizes what fact about her husband?

5. In "Paris," Tomas is scheduled to attend a medical conference and arrange for whom to attend?

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