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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Grace's boss Frankie is described with the use of all but which of the following terms?
(a) Friendly.
(b) Lifelong bachelor.
(c) Approaching 50.
(d) Stern.

2. In what month does Marie participate in her first run with the other operatives in Chapter 5?
(a) February.
(b) June.
(c) March.
(d) November.

3. In which year does Chapter 6 of The Lost Girls of Paris take place?
(a) 1951.
(b) 1939.
(c) 1961.
(d) 1944.

4. Marie uses a book of poetry written by which poet to calm herself in Chapter 3?
(a) Wordsworth.
(b) Cummings.
(c) Stein.
(d) Baudelaire.

5. Whose idea is it to deploy women operatives within SOE in the first place?
(a) Marie's.
(b) Churchill's.
(c) The Director's.
(d) Eleanor's.

6. When Grace wonders in Chapter 10 if her experience at Grand Central Station had been a dream, the sight of which objects convinces her otherwise?
(a) Packets of oatmeal.
(b) Photographs.
(c) Oranges.
(d) Keys.

7. Mark tells Grace that he has been detained in New York in association with his career as a what?
(a) Accountant.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Professor.
(d) Lawyer.

8. In what year does Chapter 2 take place?
(a) 1939.
(b) 1943.
(c) 1941.
(d) 1949.

9. Grace returns to Grand Central Station in Chapter 8 to find that what object has disappeared?
(a) The suitcase.
(b) The mosaic.
(c) The mural.
(d) The group of photographs.

10. What location does Grace avoid at all costs, since she associates it with Tom's death?
(a) The lumber mill.
(b) The train station.
(c) The library.
(d) The military base.

11. How old is Marie's daughter Tess?
(a) 8.
(b) 5.
(c) 10.
(d) 13.

12. What does Marie do when she sees Eleanor for the first time since she was recruited six weeks prior?
(a) She shouts.
(b) She shakes hands.
(c) She waves.
(d) She looks away.

13. In what circa-1944 location does Chapter 7 take place?
(a) Paris.
(b) Scotland.
(c) London.
(d) Wales.

14. What kind of skills are the operatives learning in Chapter 6 as Eleanor assesses their strengths?
(a) Building weapons.
(b) Writing in Morse code.
(c) Grappling.
(d) Spying.

15. In what sort of profession does Grace's boss Frankie work?
(a) Public relations.
(b) Medicine.
(c) Law.
(d) Education.

Short Answer Questions

1. Before the operatives become aware of Eleanor's presence, she hides behind what object?

2. Marie recalls receiving her butterfly-shaped locket on which occasion?

3. Which object does Grace associate with "the place where friends and lovers [meet]" (13)?

4. The narrator describes her workplace of Bleeker and Sons as "a law practice for" (42) whom?

5. Marie has been at Arisaig House for nearly how many weeks by the time Chapter 7 opens?

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