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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is described in Chapter 35 as the "chief of the Bureau's National Security Division" (385)?
(a) Charles Montgomery.
(b) Simon Delon.
(c) Jennifer Santini.
(d) Anatoly Golov.

3. For how long does Korchnoi say he was married in Chapter 30?
(a) 30 years.
(b) 23 years.
(c) 26 years.
(d) 16 years.

4. For whom did Clio Bavisotto play Chopin while her husband cracked a safe upstairs?
(a) Clinton.
(b) Putin.
(c) Bush.
(d) Tito.

5. What river is featured in the photographs presented by Benford in Chapter 40?
(a) The Shasta River.
(b) The Nile River.
(c) The Narva River.
(d) The Trinity River.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what prison is Dominika taken in Chapter 21?

2. When Matorin enters the hotel room in Chapter 37, the narrator says that "He spoke Russian that sounded like" what (405)?

3. What code name does MARBLE use when describing the Russian mole within the American government in Chapter 23?

4. What is the term "grubaya oshibka" translated to in Chapter 37 (414)?

5. What does "LNU" mean in the context of the novel (285)?

Short Essay Questions

1. What leads to the FBI's confrontation with Boucher? What does she do?

2. Who is Simon Benford? What is his position?

3. What is a stovepipe in spy tradecraft?

4. What are the details of the canary trap enacted by Egorov?

5. What circumstances does Dominika face after she and Nate escape the hotel after the conflict with Matorin in Chapter 37?

6. What led to Korchoi's decision to become a double agent?

7. How does the conflict with Matorin play out in Chapter 37?

8. What is revealed about Zyuganov's character in Chapter 30?

9. What is errant about the FBI's charge into the hotel in Chapter 20? Why?

10. How is the apartment of Jennifer Santini described?

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