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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With whom of the following did the author’s mother serve?
(a) Jill Pitts Knappenberger.
(b) Julie Platts Montrose.
(c) Jennifer Harris Gruene.
(d) Jane Fredericks Althaus.

2. Where does Irene dispose of her engagement ring?
(a) West Eighteenth Street.
(b) West Twenty-Eighth Street.
(c) East Twenty-Eighth Street.
(d) East Eighteenth Street.

3. Which of the following does Smitty impersonate in the talent show?
(a) Mussolini.
(b) Hitler.
(c) Stalin.
(d) Tojo.

4. From whom of the following is one of the novel’s epigraphs taken?
(a) Serrat.
(b) Derrida.
(c) Sartre.
(d) Camus.

5. To whom of the following is the novel dedicated?
(a) Belle.
(b) Aurora.
(c) Cinderella.
(d) Tiana.

Short Answer Questions

1. To which of the following groups are Irene and Dorothy attached in Glatton?

2. Which of the following songs does the Rapid City have in its collection?

3. With whom of the following did the author’s mother serve?

4. Which of the following photographs Irene?

5. Through which station does Irene first enter London?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Irene reward Garcia for his help?

2. What attracts the crew of the Rapid City to the bar in Cambridge?

3. Why does Penney ask Irene and Dorothy to carry brandy for him?

4. Why is the base at Glatton named after Glatton rather than the nearer Conington?

5. What donut-making advice do Irene and Dorothy receive from a soldier while sheltering from German attack?

6. For what reason had Irene’s family prompted her first engagement?

7. Why does Garcia drive towards Singe Bleu?

8. What purpose does the ceiling canvas serve in the thatched cottage where Irene lodges in Glatton?

9. In the novel, what does a Zone 5 patch signify?

10. How does Garcia explain his enlistment?

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