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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 18?

2. When did the changeover from KGB to SVR occur?

3. In what restaurant are Nate and Gable eating in the opening of Chapter 16?

4. Where are the SVR headquarters described in Chapter 2?

5. What does the word "krolik" translate to in English, according to the narrator in Chapter 9 (104)?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is Marta killed?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 Nate Nash in Red Sparrow. What are Nate's objectives in the novel? What obstacles does he face? How does he overcome those obstacles? How would you describe Nate's character arc?

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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