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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. Where is Stiefel's watch repair business based?
(a) Kreuzberg.
(b) Wedding.
(c) Mitte.
(d) Charlottenburg.

2. What is the Führer's favorite operetta?
(a) The Land of Smiles.
(b) Giuditta.
(c) The Merry Widow.
(d) Der Graf von Luxemburg.

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

4. Who does Heydrich enjoy beating, according to Kripo rumour?
(a) Young boys.
(b) Jews.
(c) Prostitutes.
(d) Slavs.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who calls Xavier that evening?

2. Why does Xavier think the parcel was wrapped by a woman?

3. What nickname is Max Jaeger sometimes given?

4. Where does Xavier believe the rain to be coming from?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the three possible solutions Xavier poses as solutions to Buhler's death?

2. What is the hierarchy of cars used by the security forces of the Reich?

3. What is the Pimpf, and why is Pili proud to be a part of it?

4. How was Stuckart and Maria Dymarski said to have died?

5. Why has Stuckart's death been transferred to the sexual crimes division?

6. Describe Xavier March's apartment.

7. How has the Unter den Linden changed since 1936 in the novel?

8. Why do you think Max is scared by the Gestapo involvement in Buhler's death?

9. Why does Xavier accuse Hermann Jost of being a homosexual?

10. Why does Willi Stiefel agree to work with Max and Xavier?

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