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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. In what town in Bulgaria do Khristo and his brother live?

2. Who is Sascha's supervisor that calls Khristo in Moscow?

3. Who is the American resistance fighter's lover in Madrid?

4. What kind of band is Drazen in charge of that is sent by the Soviets to make strategic explosions in the city?

5. Where are the Soviets sending engineers?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Khristo frustrated with Lubin, his new partner?

2. How is Faye described in Chapter 2?

3. Why do the locals make fun of the hats of the military officers in Bulgaria in 1934 only in private?

4. Who is the Aguilar family and why are they under house arrest?

5. How is Sascha lured to Moscow and tortured by Soviets?

6. What is the significance of the code BF 825?

7. What do the spy students learn at Belov?

8. How do the military officers respond when Nikko and Khristo laughing at them?

9. How does Khristo escape torture in Moscow by pleading with Bloch?

10. How does Antipin become popular amidst the Bulgarian locals and win their respect?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Aleksandra behave in order to develop her image as a high-society woman? Why does Aleksandra want to leave her middle-class neighborhood? What is appealing to her about the lifestyle of high society women?

Essay Topic 2

Night Soldiers is a military fiction novel. What does that classification entail? Why does this novel fit into this category?

Essay Topic 3

Furst uses more than one iteration on the motif of life-death-life. Identify at least two motifs about life-death-life in the book. Then cite an example to support each answer.

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