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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 do Rachel's children summon to help Rachel in Chapter 29?

2. What does Schorner notice about Stern when he has contact with him?

3. What does Stern's father refuse to do?

4. What does Avram request of his son, Jonas in Chapter 41?

5. What does Stern promise to do if Mark helps kill the SS soldiers?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 37 what good news does Schorner tell Rachel?

2. How do Mark, Stern, and Anna prepare for their mission in Chapter 36?

3. In Chapter 42, how does Schorner deal with Stern and what does he realize about Anna?

4. Describe Brandt's test in Chapter 39.

5. What do Jonas and Mark realize about the sky and what do they try and do about the problem it presents?

6. Why does Brandt ask to meet with Schorner in Chapter 31, and how does Schorner react?

7. What events lead to Frau Hagan's death in Chapter 29?

8. What do Ariel and Jonas find when they escape in Chapter 46, and what is there next move?

9. Describe the conversation between Anna and Ariel in Chapter 38.

10. What scene does Schorner arrive just in time to see in Chapter 26?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

How does Stern finding that his father is still alive at Totenhausen camp affect the story?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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