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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. Who will Surikov give the microfilm to?

2. While Sam devises a plan to escape, he and Lisa will ______.

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

4. At the Charm School, who makes the rules for everyone to follow?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Wat does Lisa enjoy about churches?

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

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

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

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

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

7. What continues to build in Part III?

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

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

10. How do the Charm School children differ from the American Embassy children? How are they the same?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Is the Cold War the last time that America came close to being involved with World War III? Explain your thoughts.

How was the Cold War crisis finally avoided? Do you think it was do to the Americans inability to set up a Russian Charm School?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Through Lisa's eyes, the reader is able to fall in love with Soviet Russia. Although Russia's beauty is being tarnished by the Soviets, Lisa cannot forget the beauty and wonderfulness of the city.

Describe how DeMille uses Lisa's character to see the Old Russia and the beauty the city inspires.

How does Lisa then inspire Sam to understand the truth and history of the human spirit?

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