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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 Jonas tell Mark he had to do to the injured man in Palestine?

2. What have the prisoners in the Totenhausen Camp been called for in Chapter 12?

3. What motivates McConnell to embark on his mission?

4. What does Brigadier Smith show Jonas in their meeting in Chapter 24?

5. What does Eisenhower do with the plan the team comes up with?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 17, what does Stern learn about the mission from Smith?

2. Why does Schorner ask to see Rachel in Chapter 20?

3. Describe Rachel's interactions with Schorner in Chapter 23.

4. Describe what Mark finds in his grandfather's safe.

5. When Eisenhower refuses to endorse his plan, what does Churchill do?

6. How does Mark earn Stern's admiration in Chapter 21?

7. Who is Sir Donald Cameron and how does Mark feel about him?

8. What does Mark think about Sarin gas?

9. In Chapter 9, what does Mark think about while sitting in his lab in Oxford?

10. What happens when McConnell and Stern arrive at Achnacarry Castle in Chapter 16?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How would the story be different if Mark did not think his brother had died due to Smith's manipulation?

Essay Topic 2

Which characters are present in the novel as the protagonist and the antagonist? Why are these characters labeled in this way?

Essay Topic 3

Considering what Mark's father went through, what do you think his reaction would be to Mark's choices? What would their father think of Mark's brother?

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