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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Gunther realize has motives to steal the necklace?
(a) Mutschmann and Bock.
(b) Dieter and Haupthandler.
(c) Pfarr and Goering.
(d) Six and Von Greis.

2. What did the lawyer support that dismayed his father-in-law?
(a) Concentration camps.
(b) Bombing.
(c) SS.
(d) Drug warlords.

3. Who is found hiding in prison willingly to avoid being caught by Dieter?
(a) Mutschmann.
(b) Goering.
(c) Haupthandler.
(d) Inge.

4. What information does Gunther tell Six that he reacts to instantly?
(a) That Dieter is actually a British spy.
(b) That he knows that Six killed his son-in-law.
(c) That his daughter was pregnant.
(d) That Haupthandler is actually Paul Pfarr.

5. Who is Gunther's best informant in Book 1?
(a) Jeschonnek.
(b) Himmler.
(c) Dieter.
(d) Neumann.

6. What is the horrific disease that the prisoner who has knowledge of the location of documents, dying of?
(a) Malaria.
(b) Leukemia.
(c) Hepatitis.
(d) AIDS.

7. What does Goering tell Gunther about Von Greis?
(a) That he was actually alive and hiding.
(b) That he was squeezing people to keep some information secret.
(c) That he was a thief and arsonist.
(d) That he had a mistress called Eva

8. What is Bernhard Gunther most concerned about losing in Book 1?
(a) His job as a reporter.
(b) His house in Berlin.
(c) His secretary, Dagmarr Lehman.
(d) His lover, Grete Six.

9. Who is on Gunther's team in addition to the forensic experts?
(a) Becker, Kindermann, and Urania.
(b) Korsch, Deubel, and Becker.
(c) Marlene, Dieter, and Himmler.
(d) Streicher, Lange, and Hans.

10. What is the story Gunther makes up about jewelry to find out who the thief is?
(a) That it came from the London Tate Museum.
(b) That it was was stolen from an Indian princess currently staying at the Adlon Hotel.
(c) That it is insured for $1 million pounds.
(d) That it belonged to Hitler's grandmother.

11. What is the nightclub that Dieter likes to visit?
(a) Alpenhaus.
(b) Germania Roof.
(c) Frita.
(d) Munchen.

12. What does the industrialist offer Gunther that encourages him to start work immediately?
(a) A big fee.
(b) His support.
(c) Access to his files.
(d) A car.

13. Who goes to the nightclub to meet with Dieter?
(a) Grete and Paul.
(b) Mutschmann and Bock.
(c) Gunther and Inge.
(d) Von Gries and Haupthandler.

14. Who is Pfarr's former secretary that Gunther meets with?
(a) Von Greis.
(b) Marlene Sahm.
(c) Jeschonnek.
(d) Inge Lorenz.

15. As a self-employed private investigator, Gunther got a new partner. Who is it?
(a) Bruno Stahlecker.
(b) Inge Lorenz.
(c) Urania Reinhard.
(d) Frau Lange.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dieter know about Gunther?

2. When Gunther returns to his office, who is the publisher that calls him?

3. What is the new title the Gestapo confers on Gunther in The Pale Criminal, Part I?

4. Who is the forensic psychiatrist that Gunther brings to assist him on the case of the serial murder of teenage girls in Berlin?

5. Who shows a deep interest in the possibility of sharing a reward with Gunther for the return of jewelry?

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