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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 item that SS troops do not carry tells Stern that the camp is expendable?

2. Who does Mark meet up with on his walk after German class in Chapter 24?

3. What is brought to Mark that horrifies him in Chapter 4?

4. What does Smith believe McConnell has done to Jonas in Chapter 22?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mark think about Sarin gas?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. When Eisenhower refuses to endorse his plan, what does Churchill do?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

At what point do you believe that Jonas Stern and Mark McConnell began to respect each other and why?

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

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