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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 happens when Queenie is sent to help in the kitchens while being held at Ormaie?
2. What does S.O.B. mean in aviation parlance?
3. Why does Queenie say she is a coward in Part I?
4. Who is the first pilot Maddie meets?
5. Why does Queenie fake a puncture in her bike tire in Part II?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who does Queenie tell Maddie she is most worried about in the war?
2. Why does Queenie write that she is a coward in Part I?
3. What is Queenie most afraid of as a method of killing her in Part I?
4. What does Queenie tell Maddie about her great-aunt in Part II?
5. What does Maddie make Queenie do in Part II to try to help her with her sense of direction?
6. What does Maddie think about Queenie's skills in Part I?
7. What do the Gestapo do to Queenie's hair in Part II and why?
8. What surprises Maddie about Queenie in Part I?
9. What is Maddie's most prized possession as a young woman living with her grandfather?
10. What kind of marks appear in Queenie's writing at different points, and what do you think they could mean?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Why is Maddie so stressed and fearful about flying back to England, even as she is relieved to be making it home, at the end of her time in France towards the close of the novel? What happens when Maddie returns to England and the army debriefs her? Write an essay explaining your answers.
Essay Topic 2
How does Julie manage to complete her SOE mission despite being captured and later killed in France? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 3
Why do you think Wein chose to write the book partially from Julie's perspective and partially from Maddie's, and how does this choice affect the reader's experience of the book? Write an essay explaining your answers.
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