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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Wednesday, April 15, Chapters 1, 2, 3 and 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the young SS officer believe the body to be when he first saw it?
(a) A ghost.
(b) A sheep.
(c) A swan.
(d) A statue.

2. What does Xavier shave with?
(a) His father's cut-throat razor.
(b) He doesn't.
(c) An electric razor.
(d) A kitchen knife.

3. How does Xavier treat the body?
(a) With disdain.
(b) With tenderness.
(c) With disgust.
(d) With brutality.

4. Who is the first person Xavier calls on discovering the identity of the body?
(a) Max Jaeger.
(b) Josef Buhler.
(c) Hermann Jost.
(d) Klara.

5. Where was Hermann Jost born?
(a) Leipzig.
(b) Munich.
(c) Magdeburg.
(d) Dresden.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which composer is being played in the run-up to the announcement?

2. Which is the first room in Buhler's house that Xavier enters?

3. What does Xavier pull from the mailbox?

4. What is the name of the lake mentioned at the beginning of the novel?

5. What drink does Xavier pour for himself?

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