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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 operative in Cambras that the parachuting spy will be in contact with?

2. What is an example of sabotage employed by the resistance workers against the Germans?

3. Who is assigned to assist a Swiss professor in interpreting radio signals from Bulgaria?

4. Where is Khristo in 1937?

5. When Khristov first left Bulgaria, what kind of camp is he placed in with other spies?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the resistance group operate in a low-key manner in France?

2. What does Khristo love about his life in Paris?

3. How does Khristo escape the French prison and go to Cambra?

4. How does Robert get a job with the OSS?

5. What are some forms or acts of sabotage performed by the resistance fighters in France?

6. How does Khristo end up in prison because of the British spy Fitzware?

7. How do the Germans offer retribution to the French resistance and civilians for acts of sabotage?

8. What happens when Daniel and La Brebis are badly injured in a surprise encounter with a German officer?

9. How does Robert's team wreck havoc on the Germans?

10. Why is Khristo afraid of dying in the French prison?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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