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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 recipe concludes Chapter 5?

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

3. What is Jaana's last name?

4. Who oversees Dominika in her assignment in Chapter 10?

5. What recipe is included in the end of Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is an SDR and what is its purpose?

2. What are Dominika's first impressions of Forsyth and Gable? Where does she first meet them?

3. How is Dominika's meeting with the CIA Director described in Chapter 18?

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

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

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

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

8. Who is Marty Gable? What is his position and how is he described?

9. What conflict emerges between the CIA and FBI in Chapter 19?

10. Why is Marta killed?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the character of Sergey Matorin in Red Sparrow. What is Satorin's role in the plot of the novel? For whom does Satorin work? What are the impacts of Satorin's actions in the narrative?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the narrative style of Red Sparrow. From what narrative point of view is the novel related? Why is this narrative perspective important? What aspects of the story would change if the narrative came from a different point of view?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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