"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? At the Columbian Exposition in Chicago In Tampa, during the Spanish-American war In Pullman, during the strikes of 1894 At the railyard in Berlin

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

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 small crate of oranges A geode Grains of wheat A wooden alligator

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

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

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? Heine Dutch King P.C.

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? Just Tell Them That You Saw Me The Blue and the Gray On the Banks of the Wabash Ragtime Rose