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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. Why does Lisa decline her ex-boyfriend's invitation?

2. Where do Sam and Lisa travel to retrieve Fisher's body?

3. What is Lisa's ex-boyfriend's job?

4. How has the colonel made the deduction that they were at the Charm School?

5. Where did Seth often send Lisa while they were dating?

Short Essay Questions

1. What type of novel is The Charm School by Nelson DeMille?

2. Why does Banks tell Sam and Lisa they must leave Russia in five days?

3. When Sam and Bill arrive at the hotel, what do they discover concerning Fisher?

4. As the novel begins, how does DeMille's style narrate the story?

5. After they find out at Fisher has died, what must they do?

6. What do Sam and Lisa notice about the people in the village?

7. Why are Lisa and Sam forced to kill two KGB guards.

8. Who informs Sam and Lisa that Gregory Fisher has died and how did he die?

9. After not finding Fisher at the hotel, what happens to Sam and Bill?

10. As the end of the section, even though Sam and Lisa are being forced out of the country, what do they do?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

As the Russian "students" learn to be Americans, they are conflicted with whether or not they will remain "Russian."

Are there many reasons for the Russians to stay loyal to a country that does not afford them many rights? Explain why or Why not.

How can the Russian government force its spies to stay loyal to them?

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