3. What word does Nate use in Chapter 16 to describe "The whole national myth--the Motherland, the soil, the hymns, chasing Nazis across the steppes" (204)?
(a) Patriotism.
(b) Communism.
(c) Nationalism.
(d) Rodina.

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

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

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

7. What does Dominika translate the word "zalozhnica" to in English in Chapter 16 (206)?
(a) Hostage.
(b) Old man.
(c) Woman.
(d) Dog.

8. What word from Chapter 2 refers to a very rich business leader with a great deal of political influence?
(a) Oligarch.
(b) Eglagarch.
(c) Dictator.
(d) Epistle.

9. What does the word "lichinki" translate to in English, according to narration in Chapter 9?
(a) Helicopters.
(b) Cars.
(c) Maggots.
(d) Ants.

10. Where did MARBLE stop to wait and watch at a bus stop before his planned meeting with the American case officer in Chapter 10?
(a) Khamovniki.
(b) Arbat.
(c) Chelobityevo.
(d) Malenkovskaya Ulitsa.

11. What are the names of Dominika Egorova's parents?
(a) Elwood and Lyudmila.
(b) Nina and Vassily.
(c) Anatoly and Sonya.
(d) Anna and Peter.

12. What recipe concludes Chapter 17?
(a) "Ustinov's Rustic Pate."
(b) "Nate's Veal Picatta."
(c) "Gable's Cheese Fondue."
(d) "SVR Cafeteria Chicken Kiev."

13. How old is the psychology instructor Mikhail said to be in Chapter 6?
(a) 62.
(b) 55.
(c) 45.
(d) 32.

14. What does the word "razdelenie" translate to in English (216)?
(a) Partner.
(b) Compartmentalization.
(c) Comraderie.
(d) Road.

15. What word is used in Chapter 5 to describe "the trained 'Sparrows' who seduced recruitment targets" (59)?
(a) Dobraye.
(b) Zavoot.
(c) Preevyet.
(d) Vorobey.

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. Who is the CIA's chief of station that lectures Nate in Chapter 2?

3. What does the word "krolik" translate to in English, according to the narrator in Chapter 9 (104)?

4. What is used to kill Marta in Chapter 15?

5. Who is described as the Assistant Trade Minister of the Canadian delegation in Chapter 12?

(see the answer keys)

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