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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. Where are the SVR headquarters described in Chapter 2?

2. What is the final number of surveillants that are noted in the FSB report as having topped out when following the American diplomat in Chapter 10?

3. Where does Dominika look for Nate on National Day in Chapter 10?

4. What does the narrator translate the word "izmena" to in English in Chapter 12 (168)?

5. Where does Nate meet Dominika as she gets off the No. 4 trolley to take her to her first safe-house meeting as an agent in Chapter 17?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the Kon Institute and how does Dominika feel about attending there?

2. How does Simyonov thwart Dominika's mission with Delon?

3. Why is Marta killed?

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

5. What ended Dominika's ballet career? How did it affect her?

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

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

8. Who is Marta Yelenova and how is she described?

9. Who is Tom Forsyth? How is he described when introduced in Chapter 7?

10. What are considered as different incentives for Dominika to become a double agent? What incentive is the one that works?

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

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

Describe and discuss the character of Ivan “Vanya” Dimitrevich Egorov in the novel. What position does Egorov hold? What motivations drive Egorov in the narrative? How do Egorov's actions drive the novel's plot?

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