"Homeland" by John Jakes

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1. When Paul Crown rescues Frau Flusser from being attacked outside a Berlin department store, she lets him choose anything he wants from the store as a reward. What item does he choose? A globe A camera A scarf A clock

2. What is the name of the ship on which Paul travels to America? Deutschland Karlsruhe Yucatan Rheinland

3. Paul meets the journalist Michael Radcliffe at various key moments throughout the book. Which of these is not one of the places where he meets him? In Tampa, during the Spanish-American war In Pullman, during the strikes of 1894 At the railyard in Berlin At the Columbian Exposition in Chicago

4. Paul falls in love with Juliette Vanderhoff, who later marries another man. What is the name of the man she marries? Oskar Hexhammer Strickland Welliver II William Vann Elstree III Jimmy Daws

5. Which of these characters is killed in the explosion at Crown’s brewery? Tabor Jablonec Fritzi Crown Wexford Rooney Benno Strauss

6. Paul’s cousin, Joe Junior, runs away from home and travels to California. On the way, he sends various souvenirs to his mother to let her know that he’s still alive. Which of these things does he not send? A wooden alligator Grains of wheat A small crate of oranges A geode

7. For which motion picture company does Paul work as Chief Camera Operator? American Mutoscope and Biograph Company American National Luxograph of Chicago American Vitagraph The Kinetoscope Company

8. What is the name of the soldier who saves Paul from being eaten by land crabs in Cuba? Billy Bitzer Carl Crown Lieutenant Von Rike Ott Person

9. Paul’s original name was Pauli Kroner, which he changed to Paul Crown soon after arriving in Chicago, as he wanted to sound more American. However, throughout the second half of the book he is known by another nickname. What is his nickname? P.C. Heine Dutch King

10. At the end of the book Paul is reunited with an old friend, Harry Poland. Harry has written a song, which is becoming famous all over the country. What is the title of this song? The Blue and the Gray Just Tell Them That You Saw Me Ragtime Rose On the Banks of the Wabash