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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. When Lisa and Sam learn that Ida's children are learning English, what do they leave them?

2. What surprising news does the Colonel give Sam and Lisa?

3. Ultimately, what is the plan of the Russians against America?

4. Liddya, a young village girl, gives Sam and Lisa some bad news. What is it?

5. What information does the Frenchwoman at the Rossiya have for Sam?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. When the two finally arrive at the Morgue, who are they debriefed by and why is this person angry?

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

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

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

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

9. What does Sam think is interesting about this person?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare Colonel Burov to Sam. How are the two men extremely alike for their respective governments?

What are the men's reasons for detesting each other, but also secretly liking one another?

Essay Topic 2

When Same and Lisa learn of the function of the Charm School, they begin to think of people that could possible be Russian spies.

Why is Sam very quick to believe that Lisa is a Charm School graduate? Is it because he is feeling something for her?

Is Sam afraid to let his feelings be free because he might get hurt, the same way he was hurt with his wife?

Essay Topic 3

Because Soviet Russia dictates that people not act for themselves or be creative, would it be easier for American spies to infiltrate Russian society through a Russian Charm School? Why or Why not? Will Russian society be easier to copy because technology, art, culture will change much more slowly?

Then consider, what are the moral implications of creating a charm school.

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