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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. How does Pili hold his dagger on the bus?

2. What colour is the tunic of Xavier's uniform?

3. Where had Churchill fled to in 1944?

4. What nickname is Max Jaeger sometimes given?

5. What is the penalty for possessing a foreign bank account without permission?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why had Nebe blocked the court-martial proceedings against Xavier?

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

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

4. Describe Xavier's uniform.

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

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

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

8. What is the landlady's opinion of Charlotte Maguire?

9. What is the Schwanenwerder?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are the main turning points of the book? How does Harris develop his story to get to each turning point? Do you think that Harris successfully builds up the tension in the book to reach the final climax?

Essay Topic 2

The author wrote Fatherland in the third person. Why do you think the author chose to write the story in the third person? How do you think the meaning of the story would change if the author wrote it in the first person?

Essay Topic 3

Compare Artur Nebe and Globus.

1. What is their relationship to each other?

2. How are their ideas different?

3. How do their differences in opinion prove to be destructive?

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