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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 name of the operative in Cambras that the parachuting spy will be in contact with?

2. Who comes to Cambras to meet with Khristo that Khristo considers a man born for war?

3. What do the deep marks on the door of the apartment indicate to Khristo?

4. What is the spy's cover name to be employed with orders to organize a resistance fighter group with the people of Cambras?

5. What is the remote mountain village that Khristo feels uneasy about and leads to a trap?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Khristo escape the French prison and go to Cambra?

2. How does Khristo maintain his training in Paris?

3. Why does Robert want to change careers in 1941?

4. How is life in Paris very different from that of Bulgaria for Khristo?

5. How does the resistance group operate in a low-key manner in France?

6. How do the Germans offer retribution to the French resistance and civilians for acts of sabotage?

7. How does Robert get a job with the OSS?

8. Why did Khristo change his name in camp?

9. Why is Khristo popular in Paris at the restaurant?

10. Why do the local police change the way they view immigrants in Paris?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Furst uses more than one iteration on the motif of life-death-life. Identify at least two motifs about life-death-life in the book. Then cite an example to support each answer.

Essay Topic 2

How is sexuality portrayed? Which characters appear overtly sexual? Which characters are sexually appealing to others and why? What sexual taboos are broken and what issues are raised in relation to sex?

Essay Topic 3

Furst describes murder in numerous instances. Who dies? What is stolen? Who is affected? How does this change the course of the narrative? What action occurs subsequently as a direct result?

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