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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 is the name of David's grandmother?

2. As David and Alix flee from Dachau One, who is following behind them in another cab?

3. Who are the two members that comprise the advance team for Dachau Two?

4. Where were Alix Rothschild's parents killed?

5. Who kills the salesman on the hill overlooking the French countryside?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Benjamin think the Nazis are becoming more and more powerful?

2. What can neither David nor Alix remember in regard to their relationship?

3. Why is Michael Ben-Iban meeting with Alix at the restaurant in Frankfurt?

4. What does the salesman see as he watches from a hillside where he is relieving himself?

5. According to her comments to interviewers, why does Alix always strive to do her best at whatever she does?

6. How does the Fuhrer gain an appreciation for the electricity and heat involved with Otto's experiment from where he sits?

7. What does Benjamin Rabinowitz tell David when David first meets with him at the Wallkill Inn?

8. During the Fuhrer's meeting with the Ambassador, the General, and the Chancellor, how does the Fuhrer respond when he learns that David is looking for answers in Europe?

9. Why does Alix find someone to accompany her to David's room?

10. Why does David rarely leave his room at the hotel where the FBI is protecting him in the early days after the Strauss mansion shootings?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the organizational structure of the terrorist group with the intelligence community out to stop them at the Moscow Olympics. Compare the groups in terms of personnel, degree of loyalty, willingness to achieve their goal, and overall success achieved. How are they similar? How are they different? Which group is more successful and why? Support your answer with examples from the story.

Essay Topic 2

The terrorists use several different tactics to tell the world that the Fourth Reich is coming soon.

a. Identify three tactics used by the terrorists to announce their presence.

b. For each tactic identified, explain why the terrorists chose this method of announcing their presence.

c. Compare and contrast these tactics in terms of their operational style, level of involvement, and operational success or failure.

Essay Topic 3

David Strauss and Benjamin Rabinowitz meet two times in the story. Describe the situation surrounding each of these meetings. Examine how the first meeting impacts the second meeting.

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