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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 agreement do Sam and Surikov decide to make?

2. When the people of Yablonya learn that Sam and Lisa are Americans, what questions do they ask?

3. Who contacts Lisa about Fisher's death?

4. What does the black-marketeer, Misha, reveal to Sam about Fisher?

5. Who does Lisa actually work for?

Short Essay Questions

1. At work, what is Lisa working on that gives her a headache?

2. Why does Sam make the trek to Moscow to see Valentine Surikov?

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

4. Because Sam and Lisa are being destroyed, what do they decide to do after they identify the body?

5. Why does Banks tell Sam and Lisa they must leave Russia in five days?

6. Who informs Sam and Lisa that Gregory Fisher has died and how did he die?

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

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

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

10. Why does Fisher's calls ultimately end up with Sam Hollis?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain what an idealist Communist State would be like.

How did Cold War Russia live up to this purest form of Communism and how did it fail?

During the Cold War, what caused Americans to be so incredibly scared of Russians?

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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