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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. Why is this extremely dangerous for Sam and the American government?

2. How will Fisher's parents think their son died?

3. What is Commander Lewis Poole able to give Lisa and Sam that is helpful to their investigation?

4. What are Sam and Lisa given on the grounds of the Charm School?

5. Who has just been captured by the KGB in Chapter 34?

Short Essay Questions

1. What continues to build in Part III?

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

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

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

5. Who tries to pump Sam for information concerning Fisher and what information does he offer Sam in return?

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

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

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

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

10. Why does Lisa decide to accept the "teaching" position at the Charm School?

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Is the "curriculum" used by the Charm School stale or outdated?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

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 3

As a foreigner, it can sometimes be difficult to adjust to the cultural identity of a new country. Discuss how the following characters have trouble understanding Cold War Russia and identifying with the people that live there:

- Gregory Fisher

- Sam

- Seth

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