View a FREE sample

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 24?

2. Where has Nate been reassigned in Chapter 22?

3. Where do the Orions gather for an Early Bird Dinner Special before the start of their evening in Chapter 33?

4. Where are the closed sessions of the SSCI to discuss "intelligence matters" held in Chapter 29?

5. Who tells Nate that Dominika did not knowingly betray Korchnoi in Chapter 40?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is errant about the FBI's charge into the hotel in Chapter 20? Why?

2. What led to Korchoi's decision to become a double agent?

3. Who is Simon Benford? What is his position?

4. What information does the reader learn from Egorov's meeting with Putin in Chapter 26?

5. What is Nate's new assignment in Chapter 22?

6. What is a stovepipe in spy tradecraft?

7. How is Korchnoi's arrest described? Where is he taken?

8. Who is SWAN and why is this character important?

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

10. What is a canary trap?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the motivations and actions of SWAN and Jennifer Santini in the novel. For whom do these characters work? What information are each of them passing to the Russians? What becomes of each of these characters?

Essay Topic 3

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?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 755 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample