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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 the phrase "having dirt in the mouth" mean?

2. What kind of mission is Kulic sent on once officials realize that he acted mercifully with the four people he was supposed to kill?

3. What does Kulic shoot in the air to pretend that he killed the four people he was instructed to kill by the Soviet embassy political officer?

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

5. Who joins Antipin on a boat on the river heading to Moscow?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How do the Soviets discover Kulic's merciful act and what happens to him subsequently?

3. What does Kulic do when he receives a note to kill four of his men?

4. How is Khristo born to be a spy?

5. What happens to Luders when he is flying over the building with a blue light?

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

7. Why is Andres allowed to still work in San Ximene?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who feels betrayed in Night Soldiers and in what ways? Who suffers as a result of this betrayal? What emotions are evoked by betrayal? Take a closer look at the different people involved and the roles they play.

Essay Topic 2

Explain the concept of loneliness as it exhibits in the story. Which of the characters are lonely? Are they all lonely in some way? Explain the loneliness and the methods and attempts to overcome it.

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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