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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. How many years of torture is the former spy in the Siberian gold mining operation sentenced to?

2. To whom is Khristo drawn but finds the timing to be wrong?

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

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

5. Who spends many hours teaching the resistance group how to fight and how to survive?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How is life in Paris very different from that of Bulgaria for Khristo?

5. What does Sascha do in Siberia while he is imprisoned?

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

7. Why is Khristo popular in Paris at the restaurant?

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

9. What does Khristo learn from Goldman that makes him no longer want to be a spy?

10. Why does Robert fit well with the OSS?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Conflict over land and ethnic rivalries appears throughout The Night Soldiers. Who travels? Who stays behind? In what ways are individuals and nations motivated by their ability to conquer land? What is their effect on other individuals and their lives? Do these characters change over time? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Furst uses more than one iteration on the theme of betrayal. Identify at least two themes about betrayal in the book. Then cite an example to support each theme you name.

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