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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 was caused by the power lines being live?

2. Why are the other women staring at Mrs. Jansen while she sits at her bunk?

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

4. What situation does the woman from another cell block explain has occurred?

5. What motivates McConnell to embark on his mission?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What happens when McConnell and Stern arrive at Achnacarry Castle in Chapter 16?

8. What does Smith tell Stern about Mark McConnell?

9. Who is Sir Donald Cameron and how does Mark feel about him?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There are two moments when Avram Stern is advised by his son to flee Germany, and in both instances, he refuses. Why do you believe he has done this, and how do these choices affect the other characters?

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

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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