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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. In "Protektor" there is panic in the Glass Room because who has decided to visit?
(a) A high ranking Nazi official.
(b) Viktor.
(c) Oskar.
(d) Rainer von Abt.

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

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

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

5. One day in "Dissolution," Liesel receives a disturbing letter from her mother who calls the Nazis what?
(a) Instigators.
(b) Dictators.
(c) "Her people."
(d) "Those people."

Short Answer Questions

1. Who at first relents from letting the Nazi scientist into the Landauer home in "Occupation"?

2. "Swimming" begins with a letter from Hana to Liesel in which she describes the German scientist and what?

3. While Hana believes she has fallen in love many times in her life, she knows her main loves were _______.

4. Where was Joseph-Maurice Ravel born?

5. Whom does Liesel discover in bed together in "Exile"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the character of Tomas. How does Tomas relate to Viktor?

2. What causes the train with the Landauers to stop in "Ocean"?

3. What takes place in the line outside the train in "Ocean"?

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

5. What is the meeting like between Zdenka and Hana in "Confession"? What does Hana warn Zdenka of in this chapter?

6. How is Lanik's life and surroundings described in "Lanik"? Where does he spend his time during the war?

7. Describe the subjects in "Occupation." What are the scientists working on?

8. What is Stahl's response when Hana tells him she is pregnant in "Storm"?

9. What is metaphorical about the story told in "Ondine"? How does this myth relate to Tomas?

10. Where is the Landauer family in the chapter titled "Exile"? What does Liesel begin to notice in this chapter?

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