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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the first person Xavier calls on discovering the identity of the body?

2. Who had been shot while Xavier was out by the Havel?

3. How does Pili hold his dagger on the bus?

4. What does Globus show Xavier and Max in the cellar?

5. What date is the combination lock opened by?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Xavier March's apartment.

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

3. What is the official history of resettlement in Poland, as described by Rudi Halder?

4. How are the Reich security forces organized?

5. Why is Charlie already in trouble with the German authorities?

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

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

8. What is in the cellar of Buhler's house?

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

10. What is the Schwanenwerder?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the book's setting affect the meaning of the book? Do you think the story would be as effective in Stalin's Russia or Mussolini's Italy?

Essay Topic 2

Pick a character from the book and discuss his or her goals and motives. Do they achieve their motive? Do they share similar goals and motives with other characters? Do their goals clash with other characters? How do the characters' goals and motives affect their interaction with each other?

Essay Topic 3

Fatherland is part of the thriller genre. What are the conventions of the genre in terms of character, language and plot? How does the alternate history affect the impact of the novel?

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