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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. What is Mark provided with because of his family's heritage in Chapter 24?

2. Where has Jonas Stern fled to when Brigadier Smith hears of him?

3. Who tells Rachel that Schorner wishes to see her in Chapter 20?

4. What does Mark find a piece of in his grandfather's safe?

5. What does Jonas realize about Smith lying to McConnell?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What does Rachel learn about Brandt and Anna in Chapter 19?

10. How does Rachel earn the position of guard in Chapter 15?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do the minor characters (such as Frau Hagan, Avram Stern, Ariel, Sturm, etc.) in the novel affect the plot? How would the novel be different if one or more of these characters were removed?

Essay Topic 2

What role does race and nationality play in "Black Cross"? What different nationalities are represented and by which characters? How is this important?

Essay Topic 3

Investigate "Black Cross" as historical fiction. How does it adhere to and differ from the typical historical fiction novel? What changes could be made to mark it more clearly as historical fiction? What changes could be made to prevent critics from classifying the novel as historical fiction?

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