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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. When Gunther is taken to the police station, what does he tell the police?
(a) Everything he knows about Von Greis and Hermann Six.
(b) Everything he knows about Haupthandler and Jeschonnek.
(c) Everything he knows about the jewel heist and the thieves' escape.
(d) Everything he knows about Inge and Eva.

2. What is the new title the Gestapo confers on Gunther in The Pale Criminal, Part I?
(a) General.
(b) Doktor.
(c) Kommissar.
(d) Hein.

3. Who is the reporter friend that did research for Gunther on Six?
(a) Von Himmler.
(b) Eva Mustchmann.
(c) Inge Lorenz.
(d) William Pfarr.

4. What does Gunther offer the reporter friend as a job?
(a) Writer.
(b) Researcher position.
(c) Personal secretary.
(d) Accountant.

5. What is the shocking discovery that Gunther makes about Pfarr's mistress?
(a) That she was also the mother of Dieter.
(b) That she had killed Paul and Grete and taken the jewels.
(c) That she was actually Grete in disguise.
(d) That she was the wife of Adolph Hitler.

Short Answer Questions

1. What information does Gunther tell Six that he reacts to instantly?

2. Why does the Gestapo need Gunther's expertise in The Pale Criminal, Part I?

3. What is Herring clutching in his fist when he is found dead in his apartment?

4. What does Gunther's best informant tell him about the safe cracker?

5. What is the horrific disease that the prisoner who has knowledge of the location of documents, dying of?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Gunther meets with Marlene, what does he learn about Six, Pfarr, and Grete?

2. What is the information Gunther has to begin his case involving the murder of teenage girls in Berlin?

3. What happens when Gunther goes to Haupthandler's residence?

4. Describe Bernhard Gunther.

5. Why is Mutschmann in prison?

6. Who is Heydrich and how does he get Gunther to help him on a case?

7. What does Goering offer Gunther and vice-versa?

8. Describe Julius Streicher.

9. What does Gunther learn when he visits Tegal Prison?

10. Why is Reinhard Lange being blackmailed?

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