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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. What do Jeanne and Stephen talk about when he visits her?
(a) Her career.
(b) The aftermath of war.
(c) His family.
(d) Their future happiness.

2. What does Stephen promise the German soldier who rescues him?
(a) To write about him in his diary.
(b) To name his son after him.
(c) To send him some photographs.
(d) To write to him when he returns home.

3. Who is the German solider who leads two men into Stephen's tunnel?
(a) Captain Meijer.
(b) Lieutenant Levi.
(c) Colonel Schmidt.
(d) Major Schultz.

4. Who tells Stephen that he is doing well one morning?
(a) Beckham.
(b) Gray.
(c) Marker.
(d) Sloane.

5. Part of Stephen's job is to write letters to __________________________.
(a) The local governments.
(b) Supply centers.
(c) Relatives about dead soldiers.
(d) Newspaper offices.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many of Weir's men are buried in the tunnel explosion?

2. Which of the following is NOT one of the men working in a tunnel with Stephen?

3. How does Gray feel about Stephen's indifference?

4. Why does Francoise call Elizabeth on a Saturday afternoon?

5. Where is the climactic explosion in the tunneling work?

Short Essay Questions

1. What shocks Stephen about Isabelle's appearance and what secret does she withhold from him?

2. Who is Jeanne Fourmentier and in what circumstances does Stephen encounter her?

3. What does Jeanne tell Stephen about Isabelle since the time she left Stephen?

4. What shocks Jeanne about Stephen's appearance when he visit her during his leave?

5. What does Weir's worry about a pending attack foreshadow?

6. What are the circumstances that have Stephen and Jack trapped in a tunnel?

7. Why does Elizabeth focus her family history search on World War I?

8. What does Colonel Gray tell Elizabeth about Stephen when she is able to locate him?

9. What does Elizabeth learn about Stephen from his diary after Bob has cracked the code?

10. Who is Elizabeth and why does she have an interest in learning about her family's history?

(see the answer keys)

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