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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 Colonel Burov reveal about Jack Dodson?

2. Where do they choose to wait out their followers?

3. Who welcomes Sam and Lisa to the village?

4. Why does Lisa decline her ex-boyfriend's invitation?

5. What event does Kay Hoffman invite LIsa to?

Short Essay Questions

1. By driving deeper into the forest of Borodino, what do the two discover?

2. As the end of the section, even though Sam and Lisa are being forced out of the country, what do they do?

3. What do Sam and Lisa notice about the people in the village?

4. As Lisa's character is introduced into the story, what does the reader learn about her personal and professional life?

5. As the novel begins, how does DeMille's style narrate the story?

6. What happens when Fisher encounters Russian police on his visit?

7. When Gregory Fisher calls the embassy, who he is patched through to?

8. What unsettles Lisa and Sam when they are debriefed by Banks?

9. After not finding Fisher at the hotel, what happens to Sam and Bill?

10. When Sam and Bill arrive at the hotel, what do they discover concerning Fisher?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why is the Charm School an exact replica of the American Embassy?

Do you think this will help spies to better integrate once they are trained?

Essay Topic 2

Compare the villagers of Yablonya to the city goers in DeMille's book.

How are the city goers more inspired by the hate campaigns and propaganda that are used by the Russian State?

How are the villagers blind to the propaganda?

Essay Topic 3

While Sam and Seth believe each other to be friends, they also have a very competitive rivalry occurring between the men.

Describe how Sam and Seth are similar to one another?

What makes them alike besides their positions as spies and interest in Lisa?

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