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

2. What does Ariel tell Anna they are all responsible for in Chapter 38?

3. What does Mark realize will be Anna's fate in the mission?

4. What is causing the sewers in the camp to back up in Chapter 38?

5. What is Anna to do while Stern is inside with the gas cylinders in Chapter 33?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe what happens during Mark and Stern's return to Anna's cottage after retrieving the cylinders.

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Why does Sturm decide to harass Rachel in Chapter 26?

10. What stops the argument between Schorner and Sturm in Chapter 26?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

As there are many, please describe and compare three instances of manipulation of the characters and the results of these manipulations.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the characters of Jonas Stern and Mark McConnell.

Essay Topic 3

What traits do the surviving prisoners in this story display as a whole, and how do you think these traits benefit their ability to survive?

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