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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 phrase do Queenie and Maddie often repeat to each other about the war effort?

2. What does Queenie use to puncture a tire?

3. What is Operation Cinderella?

4. Who fires upon Maddie's plane the first time she experiences this?

5. What is Queenie really quite bad at?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Von Linden seem to enjoy talking with Queenie about?

2. How does Queenie get herself and Maddie a wonderful meal at a farmhouse in Part II?

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

4. What does Queenie seem to think of Anna Engel?

5. How do Maddie and Queenie first meet?

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

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

8. What visual effect do Dympna and Maddie witness in Part II in the plane?

9. What do the Gestapo do to Queenie's hair in Part II and why?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How and why does Julie get recruited to become an SOE officer, and how does Maddie feel about Julie's new work for the British Army? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

What are the circumstances and personality traits that form the foundations of Maddie's and Julie's extraordinary friendship? 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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