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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. Why does Joe find it so easy to escape his cell?

2. Who gives Joe his non-Indian heritage?

3. How much distance is between the wire fence and the white line?

4. What advantage in grooming do most Indians have?

5. What is the key to survival?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mack convince the man to let him go?

2. Why does Kyra want to change the guards at the Chinese border?

3. Why is a bow so important for Mack?

4. Why does Mack decide to leave the village?

5. Why is Mack not worried about Peshkov in this section?

6. How does Mack anger Peshkov in this section?

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

8. Why does Peshkov hate Mack?

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

10. What does Colonel Zamatev already know about Mack?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How much do the students think that L"Amour's representation of the Soviets is effected by political matters at the time? How do the students think a Russian writer would have represented the Americans in this story?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

What is Ostap's role in the novel? How does Ostap's character provide a contrast to Mack's character? What does Ostap's character highlight about Mack's character? How would the story change if Ostap was not a character in the novel?

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