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. Who does Marie hate for making her complicit in Thomas's death?

2. Who was in love with Helene?

3. Who does Marie see at the presidential palace?

4. What happens on the day the twins are born?

5. Who follows Marie all the way to the American embassy?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Marie tell Robbie when he asks why she became a Fed?

2. Where does Marie first see Thomas while in his country?

3. What happens when Marie is in the desert?

4. What does Marie do to Slater in the middle of the night?

5. Where and how does Thomas die?

6. What does Marie tell Thomas at Mole National Park?

7. What does Slater tell Marie about his relationship with Helene?

8. Why did Helene go back to New York, according to Agathe?

9. What does Marie discover about Thomas in the village where she rests for day?

10. Why does Marie fly to Martinique in 1987?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay in which you analyze Helene's extreme interest in a career as a spy. Where does this interest stem from, and how does she go about trying to bring her dreams to fruition? Use examples from the text to support your thoughts.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay in which you analyze whether Marie is a reliable narrator or not. Include evidence from the text to support your assertions.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay in which you analyze Marie's anxieties about war. In what ways does the Cold War shape and inform that inherent fear? Use examples from the text to support your ideas.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 514 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample