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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After a verbal confrontation with the militia men, who is kicked to death?
(a) Khruschev.
(b) Nikko.
(c) Anna.
(d) Khristo.

2. What city streets does Khristov explore with Sascha in the snow?
(a) Belgrade.
(b) Rome.
(c) Petersburg.
(d) Moscow.

3. Who introduced the idea of having marches to the Bulgarian National Union?
(a) An Austrian man.
(b) A German man.
(c) A French man.
(d) A Russian man.

4. What name does the Bulgarian militia get from wearing goose feathers in their hats?
(a) Charley's Fowl.
(b) Mormon's Fools.
(c) Levitzky's Geese.
(d) Guessing Ganders.

5. What does Kulic inscribe on a tree?
(a) A love note.
(b) BF825.
(c) A secret message.
(d) KC145.

6. In what year does Khristo watch a march by the local fascist militia in Bulgaria?
(a) 1954.
(b) 1924.
(c) 1944.
(d) 1934.

7. How many years older is Khristo to his brother?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 1.
(d) 5.

8. Of what origin are the two clerks who come to help the wealthy draftsman that has business in Tarragon?
(a) French.
(b) Italian.
(c) Russian.
(d) German.

9. In what town in Bulgaria do Khristo and his brother live?
(a) Boli.
(b) Vlast.
(c) Vidin.
(d) Pulgar.

10. What will Antipin's companion be training to become?
(a) An artist.
(b) A writer.
(c) A spy.
(d) A teacher.

11. What is NOT a method by which the students learn how to compete against each other at the spy school?
(a) Bribery.
(b) Cheating.
(c) Honest dialogue.
(d) Stealth.

12. Who joins Antipin on a boat on the river heading to Moscow?
(a) Khristo.
(b) Khruschev.
(c) Anna.
(d) Jared.

13. Who seems born to be a spy, with his reserved ways, his lack of real ties to his village, and his unresolved anger at oppression?
(a) Sascha.
(b) Nikko.
(c) Khristov.
(d) Arbat.

14. What are the two parties in Spain that have an uneasy alliance?
(a) Marxists and Economists.
(b) Socialists and Marxists.
(c) Democrats and anarchists.
(d) Democrats and socialists.

15. Who is the wealthy draftsman who has business in Tarragon and is allowed to continue to work without interruption because the government needs the funds he brings to the town?
(a) Torres.
(b) Andres.
(c) Avila.
(d) Marks.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what origin is the informant that lives in Madrid?

2. What animal gets in between the legs of militia men, prompting Khristo and his brother to laugh?

3. Who realizes that if he stays in Vidin he will be murdered?

4. Who is Khristo's new partner that is connected to the high officials through his father?

5. Who is in the house that burned and appears at the police house the next morning to make sure the authorities did not think he was part of the Communists?

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