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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Doug tells John that they shouldn't rely on __________________.
(a) Their friends.
(b) A Stasi file.
(c) Each other.
(d) Idle gossip.

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

3. Why should a Stasi file not be relied on for accuracy?
(a) Agents had quotas and supervisors.
(b) Translations were not reliable.
(c) Too many people had access to them.
(d) Spies infiltrated the document room.

4. John tells Doug that Charlotte's story sounds like _____________________.
(a) A pac of lies.
(b) Fuel for her enemies.
(c) A romance novel.
(d) A Cold War thriller.

5. Where do Charlotte and Alfred get the clocks they sell to American soldiers?
(a) People give them to her as gifts.
(b) She buys them online.
(c) People donate them to the museum.
(d) She gets them at flea markets.

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

7. Doug recalls an interview in which he asked Charlotte what she did when an antique _________________________.
(a) Started to show its wear.
(b) Was not dated.
(c) Was irreparable.
(d) Would not sell.

8. Charlotte's mother had told her it was fine to ______________________.
(a) Dress like a woman.
(b) Open a museum.
(c) Study art.
(d) Live alone.

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

10. What does Charlotte mean when she says "Museum. Mobel. Manner"?
(a) Museum. Records. Courtesy.
(b) Museum. War. Courtesy.
(c) Museum. Antiques. Men.
(d) Museum. Furniture. Men.

11. According to Charlotte, all Alfred had left were _______________.
(a) Memories.
(b) Scraps of paper.
(c) A few euros.
(d) Phonograph records.

12. According to John, Charlotte's story ___________________.
(a) Is not true.
(b) Is the makings of a bestseller.
(c) Is amazing.
(d) Is too sad to print.

13. Why was Charlotte's museum vandalized?
(a) Because the admission was too high.
(b) Because she was a spy.
(c) Because she was a homosexual.
(d) Because it was prejudiced against gays.

14. Why does R'diger think Charlotte should lose her medal?
(a) Charlotte betrayed a personal friend.
(b) Charlotte and all informants are guilty of a crime.
(c) Charlotte does not pay her taxes.
(d) Charlotte is a transvestite.

15. Charlotte deflects Ziggy's question by talking about ___________________.
(a) Her record collection.
(b) Her phonograph.
(c) Her antiques.
(d) Her new home.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Doug need to believe in order to write about Charlotte?

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

3. How many times has the Medal of Honor been revoked before?

4. What does reporter Karl Henning ask Charlotte?

5. Doug asks Charlotte if she ever wanted to alter _____________ of an antique.

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