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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 has Sarin gas been classified with, according to Smith?

2. What does Schorner provide Rachel and her children per Rachel's agreement?

3. In Chapter 13, what does Frau Hagan explain is different about the camp they are in?

4. How many people does Smith tell Jonas are in the camp in Chapter 17?

5. What does Mark pack when he sneaks back to the lab?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Describe what the Shoemaker witnesses in Chapter 12.

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

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

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

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

10. In Chapter 17, what does Stern learn about the mission from Smith?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do the characters of Anna Kaas and Rachel Jansen differ in their methods of survival?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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?

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