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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 does "COD" represent in the novel?

2. What word from Chapter 29 refers to an addition or supplement that explains, modifies, or revokes a will or part of one?

3. Whose lab does MARBLE visit in Chapter 34?

4. From what working-class neighborhood does Dominika call Uncle Vanya in Chapter 38?

5. When Matorin enters the hotel room in Chapter 37, the narrator says that "He spoke Russian that sounded like" what (405)?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is revealed about Zyuganov's character in Chapter 30?

2. What is a canary trap?

3. What exchange is to take place in Chapter 40? Where is the exchange to occur?

4. Where is Electric Boat Works and why does Nate visit there?

5. Who is Stephanie Boucher? What is her position? What are her motivations?

6. How does dramatic irony come into play in Chapter 36?

7. What is a stovepipe in spy tradecraft?

8. What information is Dominika instructed to pass to Egorov in Chapter 37?

9. What is the plan for Korchnoi's retirement?

10. What does Putin remark about Athens and Dominika in Chapter 38?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the themes of gender and sexuality in Red Sparrow. How does the author develop these themes through setting, symbolism, and imagery? How are these themes developed through character? What statements do you believe the author is making regarding gender and sexuality?

Essay Topic 2

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?

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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