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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 does Sam decide to stay until it is time to leave Russia?

2. Where does Banks want Lisa and Sam to stay until it is time for them to leave?

3. How many Charm School grads have already infiltrated the US?

4. What don't Seth and Lisa agree on?

5. What does Sam realize about Mike?

Short Essay Questions

1. What sort of torture does Burov subject Lisa and Sam to?

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

3. What is interesting about Tim Landis' life at the Charm School?

4. What continues to build in Part III?

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

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

7. Why does Banks warm Sam and Lisa against visiting Fisher's parents?

8. What is each building, or area constructed as within the Charm School similar to?

9. What Americans do Lisa and Sam meet?

10. After Lisa and Sam are captured, what are they forced to do?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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

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?

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