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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. Where do Sam and Lisa travel to retrieve Fisher's body?

2. Why must Sam and Lisa leave Russia in 5 days?

3. When Fisher calls the embassy who is he patched through to?

4. How many families live in this very small town?

5. The Charm School is a story of __________________ set in ____________.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What disturbs Lisa about her boss, Kaye.

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

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

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

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

9. Who is Kay Hoffman and why does she invite Lisa to different activities?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Lisa open Sam's eyes to the real Russian and the real people of Russia?

Explain how in this instance, the State and the Russian people are different.

How to the people of Yablonya show that not all Russian people blindly follow their corrupt, unjust, and difficult government?

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

The pilots and POWs held at the Charm School have been there since the Vietnam War. While they know what it is like to be American, because they are American, the longer they are away from the US, the less exposure they have to things in American culture.

Is the "curriculum" used by the Charm School stale or outdated?

How is the Charm School a vacuum of a specific time in American culture?

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