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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 new technology the British use in aviation does Queenie mention in Part I?

2. What is Von Linden's title?

3. What does Maddie find helps take away her fear as the base is being raided in Part II?

4. What plane does the training officer ask Maddie in Part I if she would like to try flying while she is at Oakway?

5. What is the failed Nazi invasion that Queenie mentions in Part II?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who acts as a sort of piloting mentor to Maddie and how does Maddie meet this person?

2. Who does Queenie tell Maddie she is most worried about in the war?

3. Why does Queenie write that she is a coward in Part I?

4. What is Maddie's most prized possession as a young woman living with her grandfather?

5. What surprises Maddie about Queenie in Part I?

6. What can Queenie hear when she is a Gestapo prisoner in France?

7. What is one complication with Queenie's identification papers in Part I?

8. What does the phrase "Nacht und Nebel" mean in Queenie's case?

9. How do Maddie and Queenie first meet?

10. What does Queenie tell Maddie about her great-aunt in Part II?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Julie handle the stresses of being an SOE (Special Operations Executive) prior to her capture by the Gestapo in France, and how does the reader know this? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

What are some specific events, stories, imagery, and descriptions Wein employs to convey the horror, tragedy, and human cost of WWII to the reader? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

How does Wein establish and maintain a sense of suspense throughout this novel, from beginning to end? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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