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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. At what age did Eleanor murder a Russian captain who had been paying for sex with her mother and eyeing her little sister pruriently?
(a) 21.
(b) 18.
(c) 25.
(d) 15.

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

4. In which year does Chapter 8 take place while portraying Grace's perspective from New York City?
(a) 1941.
(b) 1929.
(c) 1959.
(d) 1946.

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

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

7. What action does Grace take in Chapter 8 that causes her to feel guilt around her loss of Tom?
(a) She uses the title of Missus.
(b) She uses her maiden name.
(c) She refers to herself as single.
(d) She uses the title of Miss.

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

9. 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) Photographs.
(b) Oranges.
(c) Packets of oatmeal.
(d) Keys.

10. Marie believes that something "within [her] had changed" after which character "had deployed" (95)?
(a) Grace.
(b) Jacqueline.
(c) Annie.
(d) Josie.

11. 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?
(a) France.
(b) The United States.
(c) Poland.
(d) England.

12. What location does Grace visit after her phone call yields no results in Chapter 10?
(a) The bank.
(b) The library.
(c) The British consulate.
(d) The bookshop.

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

14. What color are Mark's eyes and hair?
(a) Blue and light brown.
(b) Hazel and dark brown.
(c) Hazel and blonde.
(d) Green and blonde.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year does Chapter 2 take place?

2. From which year does Grace's story originate in Chapter 1 and in subsequent chapters?

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

4. How old is Marie's daughter Tess?

5. Marie is scheduled to retake a test to prove mastery in which class in Chapter 7?

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