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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 does Maddie bring into the shelter during an air raid in Part I?

2. What other nickname did Queenie have in the British service?

3. What is wrong with the first Lysander Maddie flies from Oakway?

4. What does Queenie claim is Engel's color?

5. What do Maddie, Queenie and Dympna see on their flight in Part II?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Castle Craig partially used for in Part II?

3. What does Maddie make Queenie do in Part II to try to help her with her sense of direction?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay discussing how and why Anna Engel is a pivotal character in this novel, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

How does Maddie's perception of Julie change from the time she first meets Julie to the end of the novel, and what factors, events and/or conversations contribute to this change?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay exploring situations throughout the novel in which people - both men and women - underestimate the talents, resourcefulness, and skills of other women during the war.

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