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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 are the passengers on the train told to line up on the platform with in "Ocean"?
(a) Their papers.
(b) Their children.
(c) Their insurance cards.
(d) Their luggage.

2. When Viktor returns to the train car with his family in "Ocean," he is lambasted by Liesel for risking his life for what?
(a) A dog.
(b) A Jew.
(c) Money.
(d) A whore.

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

4. Zdenka had what profession before becoming a physiotherapist?
(a) Surgeon.
(b) Painter.
(c) Dancer.
(d) Actress.

5. In "Dissolution," Viktor is rarely home, spending most of his time working on business or __________,
(a) Looking for Hana.
(b) Trying to find Kata.
(c) Trying to find Ottilie.
(d) Looking for Oskar.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Leaving," Hana reveals in a letter that she is sleeping with Stahl for money because all of Oskar's money and possessions have been __________.

2. What word in Nazi doctrine refers to a non-Jewish Caucasian, especially of Nordic stock?

3. "Lanik" begins with Lanik and __________surveying the Glass House.

4. Where does Ondine go to die in grief?

5. As "Exile" begins, the Landauer family settles into a small villa in __________.

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the end of the war described in "Soviets"?

2. Why does Liesel verbally attack Viktor in "Ocean"? How do each of them feel at the end of this chapter?

3. Who takes over the Landauer House in "Occupation"? For what purpose is it used?

4. Describe the reunion between the Landauers and Rainer von Abt in "Rainer." Where is the architect working now?

5. What does Liesel dream about in "Dissolution"? What letter does she receive?

6. Describe the photographs Hana shows Zdenka in "Confession." What does Hana confess in this chapter?

7. Where does Viktor spend most of his time in "Dissolution"? How is his relationship with Liesel?

8. How is the character of Eve introduced in "Berta"?

9. What information does Lanik reveal about the Landauers in "Lanik"?

10. Whom does Lanik show around the Landauer House in "Dispossession"? What happens at the end of this chapter?

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