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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) Rodina.
(b) Communism.
(c) Patriotism.
(d) Nationalism.

3. 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)?
(a) School No. 101.
(b) School No. 432.
(c) School No. 6.
(d) School No. 113.

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

5. What does the word "zapiska" translate to in English (128)?
(a) Potato pancakes.
(b) Memorandum.
(c) Street.
(d) Secret agent.

6. What does the word "tricoteuse" translate to in English (193)?
(a) A sitting duck.
(b) A potato.
(c) A man in armor.
(d) A knitting woman.

7. What color does Dominika see emanating from Anya when she first meets her at the Sparrow School?
(a) Blue.
(b) Red.
(c) Green.
(d) Yellow.

8. What recipe concludes Chapter 15?
(a) "SVR Cafeteria Chicken Kiev."
(b) "Pytt i Panna."
(c) "Old Lady's Beet Soup."
(d) "Ustinov's Rustic Pate."

9. In what restaurant are Nate and Gable eating in the opening of Chapter 16?
(a) Jean Georges.
(b) Nasarenko Restaurant..
(c) India Prankkari.
(d) Perry Street.

10. Who is described as the Assistant Trade Minister of the Canadian delegation in Chapter 12?
(a) Jennifer Santini.
(b) Sonya Moroyeva.
(c) Anthony Trunk.
(d) Alexei Zyuganov.

11. How was Matorin injured while serving in Afghanistan?
(a) He was blinded in his right eye.
(b) He was blinded in both eyes.
(c) His left leg was blown off.
(d) His left arm was blown off.

12. 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) Vladimir Kryuchkov.
(c) Anatoly Golov.
(d) Sonya Moroyeva.

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

14. What are the sweet buns with raisins called that Dominika receives in Chapter 8 for breakfast?
(a) Mushka.
(b) Vorobey.
(c) Bulochki.
(d) Mescha.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What recipe concludes Chapter 13?

2. Where does Nate meet Dominika as she gets off the No. 4 trolley to take her to her first safe-house meeting as an agent in Chapter 17?

3. What is the final number of surveillants that are noted in the FSB report as having topped out when following the American diplomat in Chapter 10?

4. What is the name of Jaana's husband?

5. What does Dominika translate the word "zalozhnica" to in English in Chapter 16 (206)?

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