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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 the Corporal come to the cottage to do in Chapter 34?

2. What does McConnell believe he and Stern are being used as?

3. What does Anna tell Mark and Jonas the Nazis have done that day in Chapter 36?

4. What does Anna leave with Mark when she goes to bed?

5. What does Ariel come to the cottage to tell Anna?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way does Stern's plan change in Chapter 33, and why?

2. Describe Brandt's test in Chapter 39.

3. How do Mark, Stern, and Anna prepare for their mission in Chapter 36?

4. Why does Brandt ask to meet with Schorner in Chapter 31, and how does Schorner react?

5. What happens when Stern notices five men standing between the Women's Block and E Block?

6. Who approaches Ariel when he is leaving Brandt's office to prepare for the attack and what does this person tell him?

7. Why does Anna kill Milkos in Chapter 35?

8. Describe the conversation between Anna and Ariel in Chapter 38.

9. What events lead to Frau Hagan's death in Chapter 29?

10. What stops the argument between Schorner and Sturm in Chapter 26?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

As there are many, please describe and compare three instances of manipulation of the characters and the results of these manipulations.

Essay Topic 2

Choose one of the main themes in this novel (manipulation, contradictions in crime, anti-Semitism, etc.) and detail its recurrences throughout the novel. What does it add to the novel? How does it affect the difference characters?

Essay Topic 3

How is foreshadowing used in "Black Cross"? Choose one major instance of foreshadowing and follow it through the book, finishing with how the event is fulfilled.

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