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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why are Charlotte and Alfred's friends remaining silent during his incarceration?
(a) They do not know where Alfred is.
(b) They are all on holiday.
(c) They have also been arrested.
(d) They are afraid of being found guilty by association.

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

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

4. What document does Alfred complete?
(a) An insurance policy.
(b) A resume.
(c) An investment portfolio statement.
(d) A will.

5. Why does Kaufmann believe Charlotte's medal should be taken away?
(a) Because she doesn't pay taxes.
(b) Because she is a lesbian.
(c) If anyone has suffered because of her cooperation with the Stasi.
(d) Because she is a transvestite.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Josef R'diger?

2. Who is Dieter Jorgensen?

3. What question does reporter Brigitte Klensch ask Charlotte?

4. What do Charlotte and Alfred both have a large collection of?

5. Which of the following is not an affliction from which Alfred suffers?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Alfred learn has a big interest in German clocks?

2. Why has Charlotte decided to move to Sweden?

3. What does the Stasi agent reveal about Charlotte's performance regarding informing on Alfred?

4. What news does Charlotte share on Ziggy's show?

5. What are two opposing views regarding Charlotte's losing the Medal of Honor?

6. How does the author plant a seed of doubt in the reader's mind about whether or not Charlotte was an informant?

7. Who is Ziggy Fluss and what name does he call Charlotte?

8. What is the situation in which Charlotte reveals how this play got its title?

9. What does Charlotte tell Doug about Alfred and her Stasi files?

10. How does Charlotte inform on Alfred regarding the black market clocks?

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