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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. Who is the custodian that Dominika encounters when she goes to the file room to download files for the CIA in Chapter 17?

2. Who was the initiator of creation of the State Committee on the State of Emergency during the August Coup of 1991?

3. What kind of tablet does Dominika pop before seducing Ustinov in Chapter 4?

4. What is used to kill Marta in Chapter 15?

5. Who is described as the closest thing Dominika has as a friend in Chapter 13?

Short Essay Questions

1. What position does Vanya Egorov hold? How did he come to this position?

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

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

4. What is a honey trap?

5. How is Dominika attacked at training school in Chapter 6? How does she respond?

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

7. How does Dominika feel about the target Simon Delon? Why?

8. Who is Vladimir Putin and what role does he play in Red Sparrow?

9. What is synesthesia and how does it factor into Red Sparrow?

10. What prompts Dominika to confront Nate and to confess her situation in Chapter 16?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the plot structure of Red Sparrow. Where in the narrative does the rising action begin? Where does the climax occur and what takes place in the climax? What information does the reader learn in the falling action and denouement of the story?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the structure of the SVR. How is the hierarchy of the organization described? What characters hold the most prominence in the SVR? What rivalries within the agency are explored?

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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