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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. How else does Queenie get to assignments besides by plane?

2. Why does Maddie think she managed to land the plane after being hit?

3. How much money does Queenie take with her on her mission?

4. What does Queenie's mother do at their family home routinely as an act of hope for her children?

5. Who ends up coming to France where Maddie is temporarily stranded that she is very happy to see?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jamie do when Paul says something inappropriate and disrespectful of Maddie?

2. What is the last thing Queenie says to Maddie before jumping out the plane in Part III, and why?

3. What book does Queenie's mother recall in her leaving the windows open for her children?

4. Why does Queenie wait until the end of the flight to reveal to Maddie who she is in Part III?

5. What does Queenie see in the pictures that the Gestapo give her?

6. Why is Maddie so distraught that she has Julie's identity papers?

7. How does Maddie feel about Paul?

8. What are Nikolas Ferber's instructions regarding Julie?

9. Why is Queenie shaken after an interrogation in Part III that she runs?

10. What kind of pen do RAF pilots like Maddie begin using in the early 1940s?

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

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.

Essay Topic 3

What topics do Julie and Von Linden find some surprising common ground in discussing, and how do these discussions affect Julie's perception of Von Linden? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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