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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 Queenie joke about her herself regarding Engel and Thibaut?

2. What does Georgia Penn ask Queenie if she needs that is a very personal question?

3. What did Von Linden do before the war?

4. How does Maddie spend her first several weeks in Ormaie?

5. Where does everyone listen for code telling them of their assignments?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Queenie take the time to tie down all the cargo in the plane before parachuting out of it?

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

3. What happens to Maddie's plane after she crash-lands in Ormaie?

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

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

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

7. Who does the Gestapo allow to interview Queenie, and why do they allow this?

8. What is Queenie's full name, which she reveals for the first time in Part IV?

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

10. Where does Maddie desperately want to fly in Part III, and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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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