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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What disguise does Forsyth wear when he comes to see Dominika and Nate in the safe house in Chapter 37?
(a) A hooded jacket and a blond wig.
(b) A gray wig and a blue and white sweatsuit.
(c) Wire-rimmed glasses and a paste-on goatee.
(d) A woman's wig and clothing.

2. What recipe concludes Chapter 40?
(a) "Pelmeni Dumplings."
(b) "Old Lady's Beet Soup."
(c) "Shrimp Yiouvetsi."
(d) "Estonian Beet Salad--Rosolje."

3. Where did Mel Filippo lead her blinded agent from by the hand, according to the narrator in Chapter 33?
(a) Basmanny.
(b) Brasov.
(c) Malenkovskaya Ulitsa.
(d) Chelobityevo.

4. By what nickname is Socrates Burbank referred to among the Orions?
(a) The Mathematician.
(b) The Designer.
(c) The Philosopher.
(d) The Dreamer.

5. Where do Volontov and Dominika hand off the yellow canvas pouch to the security man at the airport in Chapter 21?
(a) Malenkovskaya Ulitsa.
(b) Sheremetyevo.
(c) Tiilimaki.
(d) Arbat.

6. What is described as "the Year of the Spy" in Chapter 25 (290)?
(a) 1990.
(b) 1988.
(c) 1980.
(d) 1985.

7. What does the nickname acronym "FROG" refer to?
(a) Focus Regional Ops Group.
(b) Fraudulent Regional Ops Group.
(c) French Regional Ops Group.
(d) First Regional Ops Group.

8. Who "recruited a Vietcong general in Hanoi under the noses of a twenty-person surveillance team," according to the narrator in Chapter 33 (369)?
(a) Tom Forsyth.
(b) John Paul Bullard.
(c) Johnny Parment.
(d) Dimitri Ustinov.

9. What does "COD" represent in the novel?
(a) Culinary Orders Division.
(b) Creative Operations Division.
(c) Cultural Observaion Division.
(d) Computer Ops Division.

10. Where are the closed sessions of the SSCI to discuss "intelligence matters" held in Chapter 29?
(a) The Homer Valley Center.
(b) The Offices of the United Nations.
(c) The White River Office Building.
(d) The Hart Senate Office Building.

11. What color cloud suffuses the air around Volontov's head when he requests a summary translation of Bullard's manual in Chapter 21?
(a) Sun yellow.
(b) Dark blue.
(c) Bright green.
(d) Dark orange.

12. What does "LNU" mean in the context of the novel (285)?
(a) Least notable undertaker.
(b) Location not understood.
(c) Loud noise use.
(d) Last name unknown.

13. What pop singer do neither Alice nor Nate know of that Benford mentions in Chapter 29?
(a) Chrissy Hynde.
(b) Paul McCartney.
(c) Pat Benatar.
(d) Michael Jackson.

14. At what hotel does the swap take place in Chapter 20?
(a) The White Horse Inn.
(b) The Four Seasons.
(c) The Kämp Hotel.
(d) The Hotel Amsterdam.

15. For how many years does Nate say MARBLE has been spying for the U.S. in Chapter 24?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 14 years.
(c) 22 years.
(d) 10 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What mountain hovers over Zografos?

2. Who is the woman that Zyuganov summons to speak with in his office in Chapter 40?

3. How is the Russian term "grubyi chelovek" translated in Chapter 30 (341)?

4. What word from Chapter 24 refers to an assistant or follower?

5. What does "bratok" translate to in English (437)?

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