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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many years before narrative present had Marie sent her daughter Tess out of London in hopes of keeping her safe?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 4.

3. Before the operatives become aware of Eleanor's presence, she hides behind what object?
(a) A tree.
(b) A shed.
(c) A windmill.
(d) A boulder.

4. 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) Poland.
(b) The United States.
(c) England.
(d) France.

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

6. Grace is living in a rooming house on the edge of which feature of London?
(a) Big Ben.
(b) Hell's Kitchen.
(c) Piccadilly Circus.
(d) Buckingham Palace.

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

8. 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.

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

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

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

12. At what time of day does Eleanor arrive at her destination at the beginning of Chapter 6?
(a) Dawn.
(b) Midnight.
(c) Late afternoon.
(d) Dusk.

13. In which year does Chapter 10 take place while portraying Grace's perspective?
(a) 1941.
(b) 1933.
(c) 1946.
(d) 1959.

14. In Chapter 2, the Director is unhappy with which recent trend within SOE?
(a) A decreased number of prisoners captured by agents.
(b) An increasing number of agents being killed.
(c) An increasing number of agents going missing.
(d) An increasing number of agents being arrested.

15. At what location does Eleanor arrive in Chapter 6?
(a) Canada House.
(b) Remington House.
(c) Black House.
(d) Arisaig House.

Short Answer Questions

1. What part of her body does Marie hurt during her first run with the other operatives?

2. Grace decides that it is her duty to return which items to their owner?

3. In what sort of profession does Grace's boss Frankie work?

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

5. What location does Grace avoid at all costs, since she associates it with Tom's death?

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