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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 do Stern and Mark notice about the sky when they exit the hospital?

2. How does Jonas enter the camp in Chapter 41?

3. What does Brandt instruct Sturm to do because he is tired of waiting for Schorner in Chapter 39?

4. What does Stern say are the plans for the mission in Chapter 28?

5. What does Anna see that tells her they have been caught in Chapter 43?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Mark, Stern and Anna decide to do once they meet up in Chapter 47?

2. What does Anna tell McConnell and Stern when she returns to her cottage in Chapter 36?

3. How does Stern enter the camp in Chapter 40?

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

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

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

7. What do Mark, Stern, and Anna plan in Chapter 33 in order to carry out their mission?

8. Describe Brandt's test in Chapter 39.

9. In Chapter 22 what happens to Stern when he visits the women's block at Totenhausen Camp?

10. What happens when Stern notices five men standing between the Women's Block and E Block?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Which characters are present in the novel as the protagonist and the antagonist? Why are these characters labeled in this way?

Essay Topic 2

How are the different symbols (Victoria Cross, Sarin Gas, etc.) used throughout the novel to represent abstract concepts? Detail and explain how the symbols are used to describe certain abstract concepts and which concepts they describe.

Essay Topic 3

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

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