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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who attacks the narrator in the first chapter?
(a) A child.
(b) A man.
(c) A bear.
(d) A woman.

2. How does Marie react when Helene calls her from the army base in Oakland?
(a) She is angry.
(b) She is annoyed.
(c) She is sad.
(d) She is excited.

3. Who is Phillip?
(a) Ross's friend.
(b) Marie's boyfriend.
(c) Ross's boyfriend.
(d) Marie's boss.

4. What is the profession of the narrator's father?
(a) He is a cop.
(b) He is an engineer.
(c) He is a doctor.
(d) He is a lawyer.

5. Who likes to keep to themselves as a child?
(a) Helene.
(b) Marie.
(c) Rhonda.
(d) Robbie.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who calls the narrator in the first chapter?

2. What does Agathe say about her leaving her family?

3. Where does the narrator work?

4. Who will Marie get to work with on Ross's new operation?

5. Who gets sent to Martinique to live with Agathe?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Marie first gets to her mother's house with the boys?

2. What does Pop do to punish Helene?

3. Who tells Helene all about spies?

4. What does Marie think of Thomas at first?

5. Why was the early 1960s such a scary time for Marie?

6. What bad news does Pop give Marie?

7. Who wants to be a spy when they are a child?

8. What does Thomas say about books?

9. Where do Marie's sons stay for a night in Connecticut?

10. What happens when Marie returns from getting groceries one summer?

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