Research+Questions+and+Answers

Our group's questions from the book will be posted here and answered.

Dina: Question: How many members did the British SOE have during WW II? Answer: It isn't sure how many there were, but there were around one or two hundred members. Question: Was the British SOE powerful? Answer: Yes, it was one of the most powerful sabotage groups of all. They sabotaged a lot and made some difference. Connetctions: Tamar and Dart did make a difference, they helped some people and fought for what they believed in. In the book, there were about ten or twenty members of the SOE, which wasn't the whole SOE, but it shows it wasn't just ten people, but quite a few more.

Julia:

Question: What is the Suicide Pills about?

Answer: it is a pill that contains poisonous substance. A person would eat it purposely so they die quickly. This is done so they avoid any other tortuous death. This pill would be very important to people carrying out dangerous missions with sensitive information. In any case if necessary people would eat so they don’t get tortured or leak out information they aren’t supposed to.

Connection: Tamar and Dart has been given this pill in the beginning of the story. Their boss/head gave it to them just in case, if anything goes wrong their death would be in their own hands to control and so information doesn’t leak out.

Carolina:

Question: Why was the SOE involved in World War 2?

Answer: The SOE was involved because the british had declared war on Nazi Germany, and the other countries (Japan and Italy). The SOE was a part of Britian's "secret service" and it helped them do secret missions that the normal military couldn't do.

Connection: In Tamar, the charactors part of the mission, where they were parachuted into Holland, were stationed in an asylum and posing as doctors. They couldn't have done any of the missions they were supposed to do if it weren't for their secret identities and such.

Dina: Question: What does SOE stand for? Answer: S pecial Operations Executive