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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 NOT a method by which the students learn how to compete against each other at the spy school?
2. While they are on guard duty, who do the resistance workers see attacking the city of Madrid?
3. What name does the Bulgarian militia get from wearing goose feathers in their hats?
4. Who is the wealthy draftsman who has business in Tarragon and is allowed to continue to work without interruption because the government needs the funds he brings to the town?
5. Who are the spy students in Moscow?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why do the brothers laugh at the military officers marching?
2. How does Khristo escape torture in Moscow by pleading with Bloch?
3. How is Sascha lured to Moscow and tortured by Soviets?
4. Who is the Aguilar family and why are they under house arrest?
5. What is the significance of the code BF 825?
6. Why do the locals make fun of the hats of the military officers in Bulgaria in 1934 only in private?
7. How does Khristo prove that he is a spy to Sascha?
8. What does Faye do when she sees the blue light lantern?
9. Why is Khristo frustrated with Lubin, his new partner?
10. Why does Khristo decide to leave Vidin?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Hitler built an empire that stretched across Europe. Compare and contrast Hitler's empire and ambitions with that of Stalin or Mussolini.
Essay Topic 2
Compare and contrast the depiction of these two female characters in the book, Faye and Alexandra. How are they similar? How are they different? How are their ultimate experiences similar? What is the lesson that Furst wishes to convey through these examples?
Essay Topic 3
Explain the role of women in France and the rest of Europe during World War II when the women in the novel are living their lives. What precedents do they feel compelled to follow? What restrictions do they have? What freedoms did they have that 21st century women do not have, if any?
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