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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Nate hide out after almost being hit by the car in Chapter 1?

3. What are the elderly agents' codenames that work on Dominika's case in Chapter 11?

4. What are the names of Dominika Egorova's parents?

5. What is Jaana's last name?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Dominika seduce Dimitri Ustinov? What occurs at his apartment?

2. What does Dominika say she wants to do in the future during her meeting with Uncle Vanya in Chapter 5? What is his response?

3. How is Anya described? What happens to her character?

4. How does Dominika meet Nate? What is Dominika's objective?

5. Who is Sergey Matorin and how is he described?

6. Who pursues Nate in Chapter 1? How does he escape?

7. Who is Alexei Zyuganov and what position does he hold?

8. How is the training at Sparrow School described?

9. What information is established regarding MARBLE in Chapter 1?

10. Who are ARCHIE and VERONICA?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

As a spy novel, author Jason Matthews makes a variety of uses of foreshadowing and red herrings. Describe examples of each and their effect. What events in the climax of the novel are foreshadowed? What red herrings led you astray in the reading? How?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze and discuss the character of MARBLE in the novel. What is MARBLE's true identity? For how long has MARBLE been working for the U.S.? In what capacity? What are the dangers that MARBLE faces?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the motivations and actions of SWAN and Jennifer Santini in the novel. For whom do these characters work? What information are each of them passing to the Russians? What becomes of each of these characters?

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