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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. Who does Mark receive a mysterious phone call from in Chapter 14?
(a) Rachel.
(b) Brigadier Smith.
(c) Randazzo.
(d) Herr Doktor.

2. Why is the winch wrapped in steel in Chapter 8?
(a) It's conductivity.
(b) The low price of steel in Germany.
(c) A copper shortage.
(d) Steel is the strongest metal.

3. How many people does Smith tell Jonas are in the camp in Chapter 17?
(a) Fourteen.
(b) Three hundred.
(c) He is unsure.
(d) Sixteen thousand.

4. What does Brigadier Smith show Jonas in their meeting in Chapter 24?
(a) A captured Nazi flag.
(b) A paper retrieved from a Polish prisoner.
(c) A newspaper article about the war.
(d) A picture of his childhood home.

5. What operation does Mark offer to take over for Sergeant McShane?
(a) Cooking meals.
(b) Saving the suffocating man.
(c) Teaching Polish.
(d) Cracking coded messages.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who approaches Mark McConnell III after his grandparents' death?

2. Why does Smith leave certain parts out of the proposal when pitching it to McConnell?

3. Who does Mark meet up with on his walk after German class in Chapter 24?

4. What even more lethal gas does Smith tell Mark about?

5. What does Smith tell Jonas they must avoid at all costs?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Frau Hagan tell Rachel in Chapter 13?

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

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

6. Why does Schorner ask to see Rachel in Chapter 20?

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

8. What does Mark think about Sarin gas?

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

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

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