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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does SDR stand for?
(a) Spy defection referendum.
(b) Sudden disappearance route.
(c) Surveillance detection route.
(d) Surveillance distraction routine.

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

3. How old is Simon Delon described in his file?
(a) 56.
(b) 32.
(c) 48.
(d) 42.

4. What kind of cigarettes is Vanya Egorov chain-smoking in the opening of Chapter 10?
(a) Marlboros.
(b) Winstons.
(c) Gitanes.
(d) Camels.

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

6. What does the word "nadziratel" translate to in English (168)?
(a) Suicide.
(b) Wander.
(c) Overseer.
(d) Location.

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

8. What recipe is included in the end of Chapter 1?
(a) "Old Lady's Beet Soup."
(b) "Ustinov's Rustic Pate."
(c) "Gable's Cheese Fondue."
(d) "Pytt i Panna."

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

10. What color aura does Dominika see when she meets Forsyth?
(a) Rose.
(b) Crimson.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Azure.

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

12. What color does Dominika see when she sees Nate for the first time?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Deep purple.
(c) Sky blue.
(d) Forest green.

13. Who oversees Dominika in her assignment in Chapter 10?
(a) Simon Delon.
(b) Maxim Volontov.
(c) Anatoly Golov.
(d) Dimitri Ustinov.

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

15. Where did Dominika consider taking her mother to live on the shores of the Nevskaya Guba?
(a) Khamovniki.
(b) Strelna.
(c) Basmanny.
(d) Arbat.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is used to kill Ustinov in Chapter 4?

3. What noodle soup is given to the Sparrow School recruits for their first dinner?

4. Where has Marta spent her evening when she arrives home in Chapter 15?

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

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