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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the photograph of that Mark finds in his grandfather's safe?

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

3. What caused McShane and his men to jump blindly into the drop upon arriving in Germany?

4. Where are Mark and Jonas shipped to be trained for the mission?

5. What is Anna out doing in the middle of the night in Northern Germany?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Describe Mark's meeting with Smith in Chapter 22.

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

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

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

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

9. Describe what the Shoemaker witnesses in Chapter 12.

10. What does Mark think about Sarin gas?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

As there are many, please describe and compare three instances of manipulation of the characters and the results of these manipulations.

Essay Topic 2

How does Mark McConnell or Jonas Stern change throughout the novel? Detail the changes he makes and the reasons behind those changes.

Essay Topic 3

How would the story be different if Mark did not think his brother had died due to Smith's manipulation?

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