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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 does Xavier hear Charlie do in her sleep?

2. Where do Charlie, Xavier and Henry go to talk?

3. What colour is the bag Xavier takes from the airport?

4. Why was Krebs picked to help Globus in the investigation?

5. How does Xavier think it is easy to live one's life?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Charlie intend to cross the border into Switzerland with the documents?

2. Why does Xavier not tell Nebe of the painting in Zurich?

3. What is notable about the ransacked pile of items in Xavier's apartment?

4. Why is Krebs shocked by Xavier's revelations?

5. How do Xavier, Charlie and Henry try to avoid being overheard?

6. Why is Xavier complimentary of Globus on the phone?

7. Why did Xavier withdraw all his money from the bank?

8. Who does Xavier think of as he waits to leave Switzerland?

9. What do Xavier and Charlie discover in Luther's doctor's bag?

10. How does Xavier react to Charlie having followed him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did the German government keep the extermination of the Jews secret from the rest of the world? Do you think it is possible to keep such a secret?

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

Look at the structure of the book. How does the author use character and dialogue to drive the narrative? Discuss elements of the narrative structure: exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the book's themes?

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