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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 is the name of the man who tortured Zamatev during the war?

2. Why is Zhikarev so worried?

3. Who figures out that Mack is behind the helicopter crash?

4. Which region would provide Joe more game?

5. What might aid Joe's dash to the forest?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why doesn't Mack want to get close to Natayla?

2. What information does Pennington give Zamatev about Mack?

3. Why is Yakov on the run from the Soviets?

4. Why does Mack think Zamatev is good at his job?

5. Why does Peshkov hate Mack?

6. Why does Mack decide to leave the village?

7. What does Mack do with the reindeer he kills?

8. Why does the colonel think Mack would be interested in meeting Alekhin?

9. What does Mack remember about the Siberian terrain?

10. What problems does Mack have at the beginning of Chapter 6?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the author represent the relationship between Russia and America? What does this representation say about 1950s society at the time?

Essay Topic 2

Identify the main themes of the story. In what way are these themes relevant to the period? How does the author use character and setting to express these themes?

Essay Topic 3

Examine violence in the book.

1. How do the characters in the book view violence?

2. Do the characters need to be violent to cope in the world that the author portrays?

3. How did the public react to the book's violence when it was first published? How would the public react to a similar book today?

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