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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 is brought to Mark that horrifies him in Chapter 4?
(a) The head of his grandfather.
(b) A picture of the devastation in Germany.
(c) A sample of Sarin gas.
(d) An intercepted message from a Nazi spy.

2. What caused the power to switch to the dead lines the men were working in Chapter 25?
(a) One of McShane's men was a spy.
(b) A coin fell in the transformer.
(c) A German soldier flipped a switch.
(d) A lightning strike or fallen limb.

3. What caused McShane and his men to jump blindly into the drop upon arriving in Germany?
(a) Enemy aircraft fire.
(b) A storm pushed them south.
(c) The pilot fell ill.
(d) The map was incorrect.

4. Where does Churchill desire to destroy the Nazi's supply of weapons?
(a) In his own country.
(b) On German soil.
(c) On the open sea.
(d) In Poland.

5. What do all the men called have in common in Chapter 12?
(a) They are all Jewish.
(b) They are avid Hitler supporters.
(c) They are all mentally ill.
(d) Their strength.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Mark think had the telegram delivered?

2. Who wins the race to climb the pylon the fastest in Chapter 24?

3. What did saving the mission cost one of the men in Chapter 25?

4. What does Brigadier Smith tell Mark and Jonas they are to be called on the mission?

5. Why is Jonas Stern wanted by British Military Police?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Randazzo, and why does he visit Mark?

2. In Chapter 9, what does Mark think about while sitting in his lab in Oxford?

3. What does Smith learn about Stern in Chapter 6?

4. Why does Mark think details of the mission are being kept from him?

5. Who is Mark McConnell in 1944, and what is his involvement with Brigadier Smith?

6. What do Mark and Jonas suspect about Brigadier Smith in Chapters 10 and 11?

7. In Chapter 25, what happens when Sergeant McShane and his men land in Germany with the cylinders?

8. Why does Mark write two letters in Chapter 14 and what do his letters say?

9. Why does Stern believe Smith has an informant at the Totenhausen Camp?

10. What do Smith and Stern discuss in Chapter 7?

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