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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 are the prisoners used as?

2. What position does Burov wish for Lisa to take?

3. What does Sam begin to suspect about Lisa?

4. What is startling to Lisa and Sam when they read an American Newspaper?

5. What item of Lisa's was destroyed by Mrs. Kellum?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do Sam and Lisa panic when the plane is delayed?

2. While Sam packs his bags, who visits him and gives him information about his wife?

3. Why does Seth insist that Lisa stay away from Sam?

4. Even though Salerno tries to speak to Sam as a friend, what does Sam think about him?

5. Is Seth a double crosser to his "friend" Sam?

6. Surikov promises to deliver this important information to Sam if Sam delivers something else to him?

7. Why do Lisa and Sam become uncomfortable with the Kellums?

8. When Sam goes to meet Seth late at night, what information does he learn about the Charm School?

9. Why does Burov decide to change his tactics while torturing them?

10. What Americans do Lisa and Sam meet?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

How is the Communist State of Russia portrayed to be extremely hypocritical by DeMille?

Do you agree with DeMille's assertions concerning the hypocritical nature of the Soviet state?

How do some of the Russian people attempt to silently put down their government?

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Is the "curriculum" used by the Charm School stale or outdated?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