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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 was the uniform of the female wireless operators in Maddie's and Queenie's unit?

2. Where do Maddie and Queenie first meet?

3. Where are Queenie's grandmother and Nanny both from?

4. What do the Nazis wash Queenie's hair with?

5. What does Queenie take from the kitchen after she works there briefly in Part II?

Short Essay Questions

1. What surprises Maddie about Queenie in Part I?

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

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

4. Why does Queenie think she is being treated as a dangerous lunatic by the Gestapo?

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

6. What does Maddie think about Queenie's skills in Part I?

7. How do Maddie and Queenie first meet?

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

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

10. What does Maddie say discovering your best friend can be like?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How and when does Wein use humor throughout the novel to diffuse or soften tense or uncomfortable situations or subject matter? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

How does Julie describe Anna Engel in her writings, and what kind of a picture does the reader get of Engel from Julie's descriptions? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

How does Maddie begin to gain confidence in her own abilities as a pilot and then later as an ad-hoc SOE operative? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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