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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. Which of the following objects is placed on a tray to play Kim's Game?

2. What is the title of Chapter 34?

3. How is Elisabeth related to the author?

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

5. What is the name of the Austrian national anthem?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Elisabeth help her parents flee the country?

2. How did Anna save the netsuke?

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

4. What does Edmund discover about how Viktor and Emmy lived their lives?

5. How did Vienna change during the war?

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

7. What was the children's relationship with the netsuke?

8. Why did Iggy like Japan?

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

10. How did Viktor escape Slovakia?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How was Hitler able to turn the public against the Jews and other minorities in Germany? What was the environment in Germany that allowed him to create such hatred towards the minorities? What has western Europe done to ensure this won't happen again?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the book's chronological setting.

1. What were the main concerns during the early part of the 20th century? How does the author express these concerns?

2. How would the author change the book if it was set in today's society?

Essay Topic 3

Why do the students think de Waal only shows the life of the rich Jews such as his family members in his book? In light of all the problems, what are the disadvantages with representing only the rich Jewish members of society? How would the meaning of the book changed if he had represented the lives of some of the poorer members of Jewish society?

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