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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 is the unit that the four spy students in Moscow form?

2. Who is the Belgian journalist in Madrid?

3. In what year does Chapter Two begin in Spain?

4. Who returns to Moscow and is told that he will receive the order of Lenin?

5. How many years older is Khristo to his brother?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Khristo learn along the way to Moscow with Antipin?

2. How does Khristo prove that he is a spy to Sascha?

3. Why does Khristo decide to leave Vidin?

4. How is Sascha lured to Moscow and tortured by Soviets?

5. What do the spy students learn at Belov?

6. How do the military officers respond when Nikko and Khristo laughing at them?

7. What happens to Luders when he is flying over the building with a blue light?

8. What happens when an old fisherman appear at the house that burned in Vidin?

9. What is Khristo's experience studying in Moscow initially before he meets Sascha?

10. How do the Soviets discover Kulic's merciful act and what happens to him subsequently?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Furst uses more than one iteration on the theme of betrayal. Identify at least two themes about betrayal in the book. Then cite an example to support each theme you name.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the depiction of these two female characters in the book, Faye and Alexandra. How are they similar? How are they different? How are their ultimate experiences similar? What is the lesson that Furst wishes to convey through these examples?

Essay Topic 3

Furst uses more than one iteration on the theme of loss. Identify at least two themes about loss in the book. Then cite an example to support your answer.

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