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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 Robert's friend offer him after they attend the sporting event?

2. Who is getting married and moving to America that Khristo likes?

3. Where does the prisoner escape to in the mountains in France with two sisters and their employer?

4. Where do the wounded resistance workers take refuge?

5. Who does Fitzware have lunch with that is his equal in the French secret service?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why do the local police change the way they view immigrants in Paris?

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

4. How does Omaraeff die?

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

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

7. Why does Robert keep his mission secret when he returns to New York?

8. Why does Khristo feel alone from both the women he loves while in prison?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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