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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the Gestapo not want to charge Six?
(a) So they can have access to incriminating evidence.
(b) So that they will not displease Hitler.
(c) So that they can use him as a pawn in an arms race.
(d) So that they can have his money.

2. Who did Paul love that Six hated?
(a) Stahlecker.
(b) Schmidt.
(c) Hitler.
(d) Grete.

3. Whose assignment is to go undercover to find the location of the documents that everyone wants?
(a) Goering.
(b) Mutschmann.
(c) Gunther.
(d) Haupthandler.

4. Where does the trail of letters lead Gunther to?
(a) Lange's apartment.
(b) Klaus' apartment.
(c) Reinhard's apartment.
(d) Bruno's apartment.

5. What does Gunther offer the reporter friend as a job?
(a) Personal secretary.
(b) Accountant.
(c) Writer.
(d) Researcher position.

6. What does Goering tell Gunther about Von Greis?
(a) That he was a thief and arsonist.
(b) That he had a mistress called Eva
(c) That he was squeezing people to keep some information secret.
(d) That he was actually alive and hiding.

7. When Gunther returns to his office and finds two criminal investigators there, what does he notice about his office?
(a) It is flooded.
(b) It has been torn apart.
(c) It is burning.
(d) It is empty.

8. What does Hans Bock finally reveal to Gunther about the German Strength?
(a) They are secretly British citizens.
(b) They control the Gestapo.
(c) They are Olympic athletes.
(d) They ordered him and Mutschmann to steal documents.

9. Why does the Gestapo need Gunther's expertise in The Pale Criminal, Part I?
(a) To appease the wrath of Adolph Hitler.
(b) To solve the case of serial murders of teenage girls.
(c) To find Reinhard and his machine guns.
(d) To stop Himmler from blowing up the Oppenheimer bridge.

10. Who did Haupthandler's conspirators have in their custody and plan to torture?
(a) Jeschonnek and Marlene.
(b) Haupthandler and Grete.
(c) Goering and Dieter.
(d) Eva and Inge.

11. How many bodies of dead teenage girls have been found when Gunther joins the case?
(a) 3.
(b) 16.
(c) 12.
(d) 4.

12. Who does Gunther learns is behind the ambush?
(a) Bock.
(b) Mutschmann.
(c) Haupthandler.
(d) Dieter.

13. Why did Pfarr have Von Greis arrested?
(a) To save him.
(b) To gain access to documentation.
(c) To stop him talking to the judge.
(d) To grill him with questions.

14. What is Bernhard Gunther most concerned about losing in Book 1?
(a) His job as a reporter.
(b) His house in Berlin.
(c) His lover, Grete Six.
(d) His secretary, Dagmarr Lehman.

15. What is the horrific disease that the prisoner who has knowledge of the location of documents, dying of?
(a) Malaria.
(b) Leukemia.
(c) AIDS.
(d) Hepatitis.

Short Answer Questions

1. As a self-employed private investigator, Gunther got a new partner. Who is it?

2. Who shows a deep interest in the possibility of sharing a reward with Gunther for the return of jewelry?

3. What does Stahlecker tell Gunther about Paul Pfarr?

4. Who does Gunther realize has motives to steal the necklace?

5. What does the publisher tell Gunther about Reinhard?

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