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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 country is the President being pressured to invade?

2. When, according to the President, did the soviets call ABC?

3. Who does Burnham call from Dyanna's desk?

4. Who is arrested with Mengele?

5. After Dyanna plays the tape for him, why is Burnham not pleased with himself?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is the first person Burnham wants to call from his new office?

2. How does Burnham's distraction with his personal life work to Ivy's advantage?

3. What gives Burnham the courage to tell Eva he has put her under investigation by the FBI?

4. Why does Eva say that the President might have really loved Burnham?

5. What does Dyanna find out at lunch with Connie and Dolores?

6. What does Eva learn about herself after Louise's arrest with Mengele?

7. How does Ivy come to be on the evening news?

8. What does Burnham do after he steals the tapes he needs to blackmail Epstein?

9. What is the topic of the meeting that Burnham attends with the President?

10. What is Burnham's ironic thought about Sarah after he solves the crisis with Toddy?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Pym's espionage career made him resourceful and ruthless. He had, however, some moments throughout the story that showed him to be emotional and in the end, he chose rebellion rather than compliance.

Part 1) Describe Pyms life as a young man in the Soviet Union.

Part 2) Describe how Pym built up his identity as an American.

Part 3) What is Pym"s attitude towards Eva? Explain, using examples from the book.

Essay Topic 2

Does the President have any strong political beliefs?

1) How do these beliefs get expressed in the plot?

2) How does Burnham influence the President? Cite 3 examples from the text.

3) Why do you think the President wants Burnham's advice?

Essay Topic 3

Eva had a colorful political life in her younger years, ending with her eventually being arrested for intending to blow up the Glen Canyon Dam.

1) How does this effect Eva's relationship to Pym?

2) Do Eva and Burnham have anything in common politically? Cite examples from the book.

3) What do you think Eva will do when she doesn't have to be a spy anymore?

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