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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where are the SVR headquarters described in Chapter 2?
(a) Yasenevo.
(b) Brateyevo.
(c) Vostochny.
(d) Danilovsky.

2. What word does Dominika use to refer to "the termination of our relationship" in Chapter 16 (209)?
(a) Okonchanie.
(b) Vorobey.
(c) Bulochki.
(d) Rodina.

3. What is Dominika's training alias at the Sparrow School?
(a) Katia.
(b) Anya.
(c) Maria.
(d) Sarah.

4. What does the word "chistilshchik" translate to in English, as indicated in Chapter 4 (52)?
(a) Teacher.
(b) Banker.
(c) Baker.
(d) Mechanic.

5. What recipe concludes Chapter 5?
(a) "SVR Cafeteria Chicken Kiev."
(b) "Pytt i Panna."
(c) "Sophie's Vinaigrette."
(d) "Ustinov's Rustic Pate."

6. Who is described in Chapter 2 as "a blond scorpion with languid blue eyes" (17)?
(a) Anatoly Golov.
(b) Vladimir Putin.
(c) Sonya Moroyeva.
(d) Vladimir Kryuchkov.

7. What recipe concludes Chapter 18?
(a) "Pytt i Panna."
(b) "Ustinov's Rustic Pate."
(c) "Gable's Cheese Fondue."
(d) "Pelmeni Dumplings."

8. Where has Marta spent her evening when she arrives home in Chapter 15?
(a) At a café.
(b) At a friend's house.
(c) At a bookstore.
(d) At a library.

9. What recipe concludes Chapter 13?
(a) "Caviar Torte."
(b) "Nate's Veal Picatta."
(c) "Old Lady's Beet Soup."
(d) "SVR Cafeteria Chicken Kiev."

10. What is used to kill Ustinov in Chapter 4?
(a) A rope.
(b) A knife.
(c) A wire.
(d) A gun.

11. What color mantle does Dominika see when she meets Gable?
(a) Green.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Blue.
(d) Purple.

12. Who kids Nate about the positive trace results he gains on Dominika in Chapter 10?
(a) Gable and Forsyth.
(b) Bullard and Yanni.
(c) Elwood and Jack.
(d) Dimitri Ustinov.

13. What kind of dog do Jaana and her husband have?
(a) A dachshund.
(b) A German sheptherd.
(c) A Great Dane.
(d) A poodle.

14. What code name has Dominika been given by headquarters in Chapter 12?
(a) UNSUB.
(b) SWAN.
(c) DIVA.
(d) VERONICA.

15. Who was the initiator of creation of the State Committee on the State of Emergency during the August Coup of 1991?
(a) Dimitri Ustinov.
(b) Anatoly Golov.
(c) Sonya Moroyeva.
(d) Vladimir Kryuchkov.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Dominika consider taking her mother to live on the shores of the Nevskaya Guba?

2. What word is used in Chapter 5 to describe "the trained 'Sparrows' who seduced recruitment targets" (59)?

3. What does the word "mushka" translate to in English?

4. Referring to the AVR, the narrator states in Chapter 6, "The school had been renamed several times during the Cold War, from the Higher Intelligence School to the Red Banner Institute to the AVR, but veterans simply called it" what (62)?

5. In what restaurant are Nate and Gable eating in the opening of Chapter 16?

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