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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 musical instrument does Nina play in Chapter 21?

2. What is described as "the Year of the Spy" in Chapter 25 (290)?

3. Who gives Volontov an award for the operation with Bullard in Chapter 21?

4. What recipe concludes Chapter Chapter 34?

5. What color hair does Jennifer Santini have?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens during the exchange in Chapter 42?

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

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

4. What leads to the FBI's confrontation with Boucher? What does she do?

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

6. What is the significance of the false information Benford has Dominika pass along to Egorov?

7. What circumstances does Dominika face after she and Nate escape the hotel after the conflict with Matorin in Chapter 37?

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

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

10. How does the conflict with Matorin play out in Chapter 37?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the plot structure of Red Sparrow. Where in the narrative does the rising action begin? Where does the climax occur and what takes place in the climax? What information does the reader learn in the falling action and denouement of the story?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the characters of Simon Benford, Marty Gable, and Tom Forsyth. What role does each of these characters play in the plot of the narrative? What are their relationships with each other and with Nate and Dominika like? Are these characters protagonists or antagonists in the story? Why?

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