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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. How many different nationalities can Catherine pass as?

2. Where does Neumann get into a fight with Martin Colville?

3. What's the largest town in the area where Vicary wants to concentrate his resources?

4. Where does Neumann shoot the man who opens the door at the Pope warehouse?

5. How close does Vicary believe a U-boat would come close to shore?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jenny stop the Camilla?

2. How did Roach get into intelligence work?

3. What does Vicary tell Jordan's son, Billy, in a letter?

4. What asset does Vogel have besides the money he has transferred out of the country?

5. How does Vogel get his wife the funds she will need to live?

6. Why does Vicary want to coordinate the search from Grimsby?

7. Why is Commander Lowe inclined to believe Charlotte Endicott when she tells him a German spy signaled a U-boat?

8. Why had the U-509's movements been puzzling Braithwaite for weeks?

9. Why does Neumann believe that Cambridge could represent trouble, but the police in villages and hamlets do not pose much of a threat?

10. What does Vicary say when Jordan asks him if he regrets not marrying?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Throughout the novel, characters use deduction to come to various conclusions. Discuss how characters solve problems and come to conclusions by using deduction.

Essay Topic 2

Vicary and Churchill believe that compromises must be made in intelligence work. Discuss the compromises that must be made in intelligence work and why these compromises have to be made.

Essay Topic 3

In Chapter 40, Vicary realizes that he has seen the real Boothby. The objective of this lesson is to compare the persona Boothby portrays and who he really is behind scenes.

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