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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 Joe decide can wait?

2. What makes Talya reluctant to go to America?

3. How has Kyra made sure Zhikrev can't get into China?

4. What does the soldier count up to before he is allowed to go?

5. Why can the Man On The Other End trust the Baroness?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mack do with the bear he sees?

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

3. How does Mack anger Peshkov in this section?

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

5. What does Mack remember about the Siberian terrain?

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

7. What does Mack see when he steps into the sunlight?

8. Why is a bow so important for Mack?

9. Why is Mack worried about Alekhin?

10. Why does Mack decide to leave the village?

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

Examine Mack's Indian identity.

1. How does Mack's Indian heritage help him in the novel?

2. What does it suggest about America in the fifties that a Native American could be so loyal towards the USA.

Essay Topic 3

Compare Mack's character to the person he is at the beginning of the book to the he is at the end.

1. What did Mack hope to achieve at the beginning of the book?

2. What events changes Mack's ideas about life?

3. How has Mack's character changed by the end of the book?

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