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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 tells Rachel that Schorner wishes to see her in Chapter 20?
(a) Ariel Weitz.
(b) Her father in law.
(c) Her husband.
(d) Herr Himmler.

2. What reminds Rachel of a knight adjusting her armor?
(a) The look on Anna's face.
(b) The way she makes her bunk.
(c) Anna fixing her hair.
(d) The suit of armor on the wall.

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

4. What does Mark tell his wife Susan in the letter he writes her?
(a) To remarry should he not return.
(b) The location of some money he hid.
(c) All of the military secrets he has learned.
(d) To not forget him ever.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Stern's suggestion of bombing met by the Allied leaders?

2. Where does Churchill desire to destroy the Nazi's supply of weapons?

3. What does Jonas tell Mark he had to do to the injured man in Palestine?

4. What message does Mark write to his mother in a letter?

5. What kind of engineer is Mark McConnell?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Rabbi Liebovitz approach Mark McConnell III and what does he tell him?

2. What does the telegram say that Mark receives in Chapter 10?

3. What are Smith's instructions to Stern in Chapter 24?

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

5. Describe what Mark finds in his grandfather's safe.

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

7. What does Mark think about Sarin gas?

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

9. How does Mark earn Stern's admiration in Chapter 21?

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

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