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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 does Knoll return to the records depository in Russia?
(a) To see images of stolen Faberge eggs.
(b) To learn about the next item he must steal.
(c) To document that the match case is back in Russia.
(d) To store photos of his jewel collection.

2. Who is Rachel's ex-husband?
(a) Harold Cutler.
(b) James Bryson.
(c) Paul Cutler.
(d) Max Stringfield.

3. Karol's grandchildren are Brent and ______________.
(a) Maggie.
(b) Mackenzie.
(c) Marla.
(d) Madison.

4. Who commissioned The Amber Room?
(a) Empress Catherine of Russia.
(b) Alexander I of Russia.
(c) Czar Nicolas II of Russia.
(d) Frederick I of Prussia.

5. Christian Knoll lives in a castle called ___________________.
(a) Burg Garden.
(b) Burg Belsen.
(c) Burg Hertz.
(d) Burg Schweppes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Rachel find her father's dead body?

2. The Amber Room was commissioned in what year?

3. What has Suzanne stolen for her employer?

4. What does Paul give to Suzanne?

5. What happens to Rachel as she walks back to her hotel room after dinner?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Monika Fellner and what is her relationship with Knoll?

2. Who is Karol Broya, and what are his circumstances as the novel opens?

3. How did the Russians attempt to keep The Amber Room from falling into the hands of the Nazis?

4. What happened to The Amber Room under Hitler's orders?

5. What is revealed about Paul's parents while he is talking to a reporter at the museum?

6. What is the McKoy exhibition?

7. Who is Christian Knoll and how did he come to work for Franz Fellner?

8. What is the Extraordinary State Commission on the Registration and Investigation of the Crimes of the Fascist German Occupiers?

9. Who is Suzanne and what does her employer, Loring, want to find before Fellner and Monika do?

10. Who is Christian Knoll and what is he doing in Italy in Chapter 7?

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