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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. Who dies on October 12, 1938?
(a) Emmy.
(b) Viktor.
(c) Gisela.
(d) Elisabeth.

2. Where did Thomas and travel to last time they traveled together?
(a) The British Channel Islands.
(b) Italy.
(c) Iceland.
(d) The Greek Islands.

3. What is the title of Chapter 17?
(a) Long into the Night.
(b) Early Hours on a Spring Morning.
(c) Beating at the Doors.
(d) The Sweet Young Thing.

4. What is the title of Chapter 34?
(a) Working Through the Mud and Grain.
(b) On Polish.
(c) Laughing Eith the Dead
(d) On a Hatstand.

5. What is the name of the Austrian national anthem?
(a) Gott Erhalte.
(b) Schon Tag.
(c) Gott Liebe Dich.
(d) Menshen, Menschen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Iggy's partner?

2. Which two foreign languages can Emmy speak?

3. What famous writer said a library was an act of faith?

4. Who died on November 21, 1916?

5. Which country do the Ephrussi go to for their long month away?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were conditions like in Tokyo in 1947?

2. How does the author describe Emmy and Viktor's three children?

3. In what way were conditions worsening at the end of Chapter 23?

4. Why were the netsuke so important to the children?

5. How did life in Vienna change after Hitler visited the city?

6. How is it suggested that the American took advantage of the Japanese during their occupation of the country?

7. What signs are there in Chapter 24 that the Nazis are taking over?

8. Describe the family apartment when Elisabeth visits after the second world war.

9. Why does Edmund think Emmy had so many lovers over the years?

10. How did Austrian government react to the atrocities of World War Two?

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