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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. Referring to the AVR, the narrator states in Chapter 6, "The school had been renamed several times during the Cold War, from the Higher Intelligence School to the Red Banner Institute to the AVR, but veterans simply called it" what (62)?

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

3. What are the sweet buns with raisins called that Dominika receives in Chapter 8 for breakfast?

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

5. How old is Simon Delon described in his file?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is a honey trap?

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

6. How is the training at Sparrow School described?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the political relationship between the United States and Russia as depicted in Red Sparrow. How does the author characterize Putin? Why do you think the author does not depict a specific American leader? How valid are the author's depictions regarding this relationship?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze and discuss the character of Dominka Egorova in Red Sparrow. What are Dominika's objectives in the novel? What obstacles does she face? How does she overcome those obstacles? How does Dominika's character evolve in the story?

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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