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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 does Sam realize about Mike?

2. Where exactly is the Charm School?

3. What does Sam begin to suspect about Lisa?

4. What does the Charm School heavily resemble?

5. Who will Surikov give the microfilm to?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What Americans do Lisa and Sam meet?

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

4. What is sodium pentothal used for?

5. Why can't Sam have the truth serum?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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Is the "curriculum" used by the Charm School stale or outdated?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

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

Explain why the pace of a mystery/thriller novel is very important.

What literary techniques does DeMille employ to keep his reader hooked and interested on his complex tale?

How does DeMille's character development lead the reader to want more?

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