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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 Soviet soldier who helps Natalya and her father in this section?

2. Why don't Natalya and her father want to wait for Mack at Plastun Bay?

3. Whose loyalty does Zamatev begin to question in this section?

4. How does Alekhin know Mac killed the man?

5. Why does Alekhin like tracking down Mack?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Zhikarev change his plans?

2. What does Mack learn from the helicopter pilot?

3. Why is Mack worried about the soldiers in this section?

4. Why does Botev pretend to be interested in finding Mack?

5. How does Mack escape the soldiers at the end of the chapter?

6. How does Mack lead one of Alekhin's men onto the ice?

7. Why does Baronas want to leave?

8. What does Alekhin learn about Mack's habits?

9. How does Peshkov die?

10. How does Mack try to confuse Alekhin?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the author's writing style. How would you describe the author's prose style? What kind of vocabulary does he use? What meaning does the author's style give to the story?

Essay Topic 2

How does Stephen's death affect the lives of the characters? How would the story have been different if Stephen had lived?

Essay Topic 3

Away from the main character, examine the way the author uses the other characters in the book. When does he introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does it have on the story?

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