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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. What is inside the parcel?

2. Why can Jaeger not escape?

3. Who does Xavier say Charlie talks like?

4. Who does Globus now work for?

5. What is the announcement concerning?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to Paul Han and Magda Voss?

2. How are the Reich security forces organized?

3. Describe Xavier's office in the Kripo headquarters.

4. How had Germany achieved peace with the United States?

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

6. What is inside the package Xavier takes from Buhler's mailbox?

7. What role in the art-smuggling ring did Stuckart play?

8. Describe Xavier's uniform.

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

10. What led Jost to finding Buhler's corpse?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

From your own knowledge of the Second World War, do you find Harris' storyline plausible? What are the potential faults in his alternate history? Are there any significant changes that you would make?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

How does Max's betrayal affect March? What suggestions were there earlier in the novel that Max would be a traitor?

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