1. What is General Korchnoi's position?
(a) He is Chief of the Middle Eastern Department.
(b) He is Chief of the France Department.
(c) He is Chief of the Americas Department.
(d) He is Director of the SVR's Helsinki station.

2. What does the word "krolik" translate to in English, according to the narrator in Chapter 9 (104)?
(a) Beauty mark.
(b) Love.
(c) Target.
(d) Rabbit.

3. How is the Russian term "grubyi chelovek" translated in Chapter 30 (341)?
(a) Cad.
(b) Loss.
(c) Nightmare.
(d) Woman.

4. What does Dominika note about the mirror in her room at the Sparrow School?
(a) It is covered in dust.
(b) It is broken.
(c) It is very small.
(d) It is a two-way mirror.

5. In what room of the building are the the closed sessions of the SSCI to discuss "intelligence matters" held in Chapter 29?
(a) 229.
(b) 12.
(c) 216.
(d) 113.

Short Answer Questions

1. Referring to her training at the Sparrow School, Dominika "told herself this wasn't love. This school, this mansion secluded behind walls topped with broken glass, was an engine of the state that institutionalized and dehumanized love. It didn't count, it was physical sex, it was training, like" what (92)?

2. What Russian word in Chapter 29 refers to a household goblin?

3. What word does Dominika use to refer to "the termination of our relationship" in Chapter 16 (209)?

4. What word does "navoz" translate to in English in Chapter 9 (104)?

5. What word in Chapter 29 refers to "hot cheese pancakes with sour cream" (336)?

(see the answer key)

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