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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 do Lisa and Sam threaten Banks?

2. What is interesting about the meeting with Burov that almost resulted in the arrest of Sam and Lisa?

3. Where did this person claim to have been imprisoned for the last 20 years?

4. What does Lisa recall that gave her a headache when she saw this band perform live.

5. What do Sam and Lisa discuss at their debriefing with Charles Bank?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Sam beginning to get suspicious concerning Lisa?

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

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

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

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

6. Why are Lisa and Sam forced to kill two KGB guards.

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Is the Cold War the last time that America came close to being involved with World War III? Explain your thoughts.

How was the Cold War crisis finally avoided? Do you think it was do to the Americans inability to set up a Russian Charm School?

Essay Topic 2

As the Russian "students" learn to be Americans, they are conflicted with whether or not they will remain "Russian."

Are there many reasons for the Russians to stay loyal to a country that does not afford them many rights? Explain why or Why not.

How can the Russian government force its spies to stay loyal to them?

Essay Topic 3

Prejudice is experienced on many levels throughout the novel. For example, Sam often judges every Russian he meets based on their government and bureaucracy. Because he has had bad experiences with some Russians, he blames all Russians.

Describe 2 other times where characters exhibit prejudice throughout the story.

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