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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 shows a deep interest in the possibility of sharing a reward with Gunther for the return of jewelry?
(a) William Stahlecker.
(b) Julia Schmidt.
(c) Adolph Hitler.
(d) Gert Jeschonnek.

2. When Gunther visits the morgue, what does he discover about the lawyer's wife?
(a) That she had a fatal disease.
(b) That she was pregnant.
(c) That she was very old.
(d) That she was strangled.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the rings mentioned in Book 1 consist of?

2. Who in the German Strength group is looking for Mutschmann?

3. Where was Mutschmann incarcerated?

4. When Gunther receives an anonymous note about a former missing person's case, where does he go?

5. Who is angry over Paul's death and hires a team of investigators?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Reinhard Lange being blackmailed?

2. What does the maid tell Gunther about the deceased couple?

3. What does Six reveal to Gunther about Grete's background and how it affected her marriage while they travel on the boat to the German Strength headquarters?

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

5. How does Gunther gain access to Haupthandler's apartment?

6. What does Gunther realize in shock about Grete from seeing the photograph Six gives him?

7. What does Gunther learn when he visits Tillesson's residence?

8. Why does Hermann Six want Gunther's services?

9. Describe Inge.

10. What does Six tell Gunther about Mutschmann and the jewelry and documents?

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