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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 14?

2. What recipe concludes Chapter 18?

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

4. In what district is Ustinov's apartment located?

5. Approximately how old is MARBLE said to be in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who kills Marta? How?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What is a honey trap?

10. What is the motivation behind Dominika's revealing her position at the SVR to Nate?

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

Author Jason Matthews, who is a former CIA agent himself, includes a great deal of spy jargon and explanations of tradecraft in Red Sparrow. Discuss some of these tradecraft maneuvers and how they play out. What is a canary trap? What is a fishhook? What is an SDR?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the rivalries between the FBI and CIA that appear in Red Sparrow. What are the origins of these rivalries? How do they play out in the plot? Do you think that the rivalries presented in the text are indicative of true rivalries within these organizations? Why or why not?

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