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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. When is the Fuhrer elected to the leadership position in the Jewish sub-group?

2. Where does the Soldier meet with the Engineer and the Architect after the plane crashes?

3. Which of the men originally sitting in the car with David outside the restaurant does not survive?

4. After fleeing the restaurant in Frankfurt, how much time passes before he receives any sign of Alix?

5. What does the assailant use when attempting to kill David in the alley behind the restaurant?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Alix feeling as she sits in the house of her contact after leaving the train station?

2. As the terrorist group assembles and enters the Olympic Village, what does the Fuhrer tell Alix?

3. What does Alix suddenly realize about David when she sees him again in the Olympic Village?

4. What is the pledge of the terrorist group?

5. What is the effect of Alix shouting at David when he enters the restaurant in Frankfurt?

6. How is the strike team planning to gain access into the Olympic Village?

7. When Alix finally communicates with David after escaping the dragnet set up to catch her, what does she tell David?

8. How do the terrorists punctuate their demands that no one is to leave the Olympics until all of the terrorists' demands have been met?

9. What idea is first suggested by Ben-Iban, but becomes so well received that Essmann takes credit for the idea?

10. What unnerves David as he is reading the prepared sheets about the Moscow Olympic Village?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast David Strauss and Elena Strauss. How are the two characters similar? How are they different? Compare the role of the Nazis in each of their lives. How is each character affected the Nazis - both positively and negatively?

Essay Topic 2

There is no doubt that Alix has been greatly affected by the horrors she experienced at the hands of the Nazis, who also caused the deaths of both of her parents. Discuss how Alix's need to rectify the past affects her decisions. How does Alix's past affect her mental state, her ability to reason, her ability to trust, and her overall self-image?

Essay Topic 3

Benjamin Rabinowitz wears different masks in the story. Rabinowitz is a study in contradictions as both a great Nazi hunter and the mastermind behind Dachau Two. Identify, then compare and contrast the different sides of Rabinowitz. How would his master plan have been affected had he not carried out his Nazi hunter persona? How would his master plan have been affected if he had told David from the beginning who he truly was? Why is it necessary for Rabinowitz to wear different masks?

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