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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. How many prisoners are being held at Charm School?

2. Over the course of a year, what do the Russians learn?

3. Why does Seth tell Lisa she will be in danger if she stays with Sam in America?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why are cultural exchanges important for employees at the American Embassy? Conversely, why are they important for the Russians?

4. What is sodium pentothal used for?

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

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

7. What continues to build in Part III?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Do books such as The Charm School, make social movements and political action such as McCarthyism seem like a good idea?

What is McCarthyism and why don't you think DeMille neglects to introduce it into the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Why is the Charm School an exact replica of the American Embassy?

Do you think this will help spies to better integrate once they are trained?

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