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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator describes her workplace of Bleeker and Sons as "a law practice for" (42) whom?
(a) Immigrants.
(b) The indigent.
(c) Abused children.
(d) Women.

2. What nickname do the operatives use to refer to the steep incline included in their daily run?
(a) The Part.
(b) The Shack.
(c) The Point.
(d) The Trap.

3. Marie hates running, but she finds it more enjoyable when she can talk to which character during the run?
(a) Mabel.
(b) Eleanor.
(c) Josie.
(d) Jacqueline.

4. Which object does Grace associate with "the place where friends and lovers [meet]" (13)?
(a) A ferris wheel.
(b) A tower.
(c) A fountain.
(d) A clock.

5. Marie repeatedly asks the courier to take her to see which character in Chapter 9?
(a) Josie.
(b) Vesper.
(c) Tom.
(d) Will.

6. The narrator reveals in Chapter 2 that Eleanor has worked for SOE since shortly after their inception. How long ago was that?
(a) 6 years.
(b) 3 months.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 3 years.

7. In Chapter 9, Marie is getting ready to use what type of transportation to reach the site of her mission?
(a) A plane.
(b) A tram.
(c) A train.
(d) A car.

8. Marie recalls receiving her butterfly-shaped locket on which occasion?
(a) On the day of her cousin Tess's wedding.
(b) On the day of her First Communion.
(c) On the day of her daughter Tess's birth.
(d) On her wedding day.

9. Grace decides that it is her duty to return which items to their owner?
(a) Photographs.
(b) Recordings.
(c) Fingerprints.
(d) Handkerchiefs.

10. In what month does Chapter 6 take place?
(a) December.
(b) March.
(c) May.
(d) June.

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

12. Chapter 9 presents events from Marie's perspective while she works in which country?
(a) The United States.
(b) England.
(c) Poland.
(d) France.

13. Near the end of Chapter 8, Grace sees a news report about which character being run over by a train that morning?
(a) Marie.
(b) Eleanor.
(c) Mark.
(d) Josie.

14. How many months have passed since Eleanor presented Marie with "the option of giving up and going home" (95)?
(a) 6.
(b) 1.
(c) 12.
(d) 3.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The consul tells Grace in Chapter 11 that when the SOE was shut down, its records were shipped to the War Department in which country?

2. Eleanor is described using all but which one of the following terms?

3. Grace has been a widow for what length of time in Chapter 4?

4. In Chapter 1, it is revealed that Grace had a sexual encounter the previous night with an old friend of her late husband's. What is the man's name?

5. To find out more about the prospective job, Marie goes to "Number 64 Baker Street" (31) as instructed and asks for whom?

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