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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 Brigadier Smith offer Jonas Stern after Stern's escape?

2. How many people does Smith tell Jonas are in the camp in Chapter 17?

3. What did the men use twigs to do at the end of Chapter 25?

4. What was Mark's grandfather named?

5. What does Jonas realize about Smith lying to McConnell?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Chapter 25, what happens when Sergeant McShane and his men land in Germany with the cylinders?

3. Why does Mark write two letters in Chapter 14 and what do his letters say?

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

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

6. Describe what the Shoemaker witnesses in Chapter 12.

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

8. What does Smith learn about Stern in Chapter 6?

9. Why does Mark think details of the mission are being kept from him?

10. What are Smith's instructions to Stern in Chapter 24?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

How does Mark McConnell or Jonas Stern change throughout the novel? Detail the changes he makes and the reasons behind those changes.

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