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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 does Stern's father refuse to do?

2. Where do Mark and Jonas decide to put the prisoners to save them in Chapter 36?

3. What does Anna find when she returns to work in Chapter 38?

4. Who do McConnell and Stern meet when they land?

5. What is Mark able to do thanks to the flares the bombers deploy?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe what happens when the Nazi soldiers break in the door of Anna's cottage.

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

5. In Chapter 30 what reason does Anna give Mark for spying on the Nazis?

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

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

8. Who approaches Ariel when he is leaving Brandt's office to prepare for the attack and what does this person tell him?

9. Why does Anna kill Milkos in Chapter 35?

10. How does Stern handle his encounter with Sturm and his men and how does Sturm respond?

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

What characteristics of Jonas Stern betray the persona he strives for, and how do they perpetuate it? Provide examples.

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