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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 does "bratskaya mogila" mean in English (424)?
(a) A long road.
(b) A shoe store.
(c) An unmarked grave.
(d) A man in white.

2. 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) Dimitri Ustinov.
(c) Johnny Parment.
(d) John Paul Bullard.

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

4. Where did Orest Javorsky emplace polystyrene tree stumps packed with electronics in the snow to listen for the midnight rumble of Soviet armor, according to the narrator in Chapter 33?
(a) Chelobityevo.
(b) The Fulda Gap.
(c) Khamovniki.
(d) Malenkovskaya Ulitsa.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. For how long does Korchnoi say he was married in Chapter 30?

2. By what nickname is Socrates Burbank referred to among the Orions?

3. Where has Nate been reassigned in Chapter 22?

4. What term used in literature does the narrator use in Chapter 29 to mean something, especially a clue, that is or is intended to be misleading?

5. What does "rybolovnyi krjuchok" translate to in English (368)?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does dramatic irony come into play in Chapter 36?

2. What is a stovepipe in spy tradecraft?

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

4. What information does the reader learn from Egorov's meeting with Putin in Chapter 26?

5. How is Korchnoi's arrest described? Where is he taken?

6. What is the significance of the false information Benford has Dominika pass along to Egorov?

7. What does Putin remark about Athens and Dominika in Chapter 38?

8. Who is SWAN and why is this character important?

9. What exchange is to take place in Chapter 40? Where is the exchange to occur?

10. Who is Stephanie Boucher? What is her position? What are her motivations?

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