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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following did Alfred not leave to Charlotte when he died?
(a) A postage stamp.
(b) A photo.
(c) A watch.
(d) An old bill.

2. John tells Doug that Charlotte is ______________.
(a) A Stasi spy.
(b) A CIA agent.
(c) An FBI agent.
(d) An SS agent.

3. Who follows the American soldiers who buy the clocks?
(a) School children.
(b) Police officers.
(c) Customs officials.
(d) Antiques dealers.

4. Who provides information about Charlotte and Alfred's clock sales to the Stasi?
(a) The CIA.
(b) The FBI.
(c) Customs officials.
(d) The Antiquities Association.

5. Alfred asks Charlotte if he can sell clocks ____________________.
(a) In the museum.
(b) In her yard sale.
(c) From her basement.
(d) On the weekends.

6. Which of the following is not an affliction from which Alfred suffers?
(a) Anorexia.
(b) Headaches.
(c) Loneliness.
(d) Dizzy spells.

7. Where did Charlotte take Alfred after he was released from prison?
(a) The park.
(b) The opera.
(c) A hospital.
(d) A nursing home.

8. What is Dieter Jorgensen's decision about Charlotte?
(a) She should be hospitalized.
(b) She is perfectly fine.
(c) She is mentally ill.
(d) She is posing.

9. What question does reporter Brigitte Klensch ask Charlotte?
(a) If she is guilty of tax evasion.
(b) If she plans to move.
(c) If she was ever married.
(d) If she killed her father.

10. What is critical for Doug to believe in order to write Charlotte's story?
(a) Her informant behavior.
(b) Her antiques experience.
(c) Her medical file.
(d) Her survival as a homosexual.

11. Charlotte tells the group of reporters a story about _____________.
(a) Alfred.
(b) Herself.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her mother.

12. What vandalism recently occurred at Charlotte's home?
(a) Someone threw a rock through her window.
(b) Someone painted obscenities on her house.
(c) Someone ripped out her shrubs and flowers.
(d) Someone set a fire in the garage.

13. What question is asked in the news broadcast?
(a) If Charlotte should be forced to move from her home.
(b) If Charlotte should be forced to testify.
(c) If Charlotte should be forced to give up the museum.
(d) If Charlotte should be forced to give up her Medal of Honor.

14. Charlotte deflects Doug's questions by commenting on __________________________.
(a) A dinner party she is hosting.
(b) The national election.
(c) The sweater she made for Alfred.
(d) The weather.

15. What gives Dieter Jorgensen clues about Charlotte's illness?
(a) Her tics.
(b) Her storytelling.
(c) Her manic behavior.
(d) Her sleeping too much.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who provided most of the incriminating evidence against Alfred Kirscher to the Stasi organization?

2. What does the loud music in "The Cross" signify?

3. What distracts Charlotte as Doug tries to interview her?

4. Why would agents skew events reported in files?

5. Charlotte's mother had told her it was fine to ______________________.

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