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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. Chapter 3 portrays events from Marie's perspective from London in which year?
(a) 1944.
(b) 1951.
(c) 1940.
(d) 1936.

3. Chapter 4 returns to portraying Grace's perspective after how much time has passed?
(a) 45 minutes.
(b) 10 days.
(c) 15 minutes.
(d) 30 days.

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

5. When Chapter 5 opens by portraying Marie's perspective, she is in which country?
(a) Ireland.
(b) England.
(c) Wales.
(d) Scotland.

6. Part of the reason Marie accepts the mysterious offer of work in Chapter 3 is because she will make how many times the amount she makes as a typist?
(a) 10.
(b) 3.
(c) 12.
(d) 5.

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

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

9. What is the full name of the Director of Special Operations Executive known "only as 'the Director' to everyone at headquarters" (19)?
(a) Gregory Winslow.
(b) Mark Smeaton.
(c) Henry Higgins.
(d) Michael Stockland.

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

11. In Chapter 1, Grace removes an envelope full of which objects from the suitcase she finds?
(a) Train tickets.
(b) Hundred dollar bills.
(c) Love notes.
(d) Photographs.

12. 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) 15.
(b) 21.
(c) 18.
(d) 25.

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

14. Marie has been at Arisaig House for nearly how many weeks by the time Chapter 7 opens?
(a) 5.
(b) 7.
(c) 9.
(d) 3.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. After Grace refuses to give the photographs to the consul, she leaves and runs into which character?

3. How many months have passed since Eleanor presented Marie with "the option of giving up and going home" (95)?

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

5. Grace finds a suitcase in Chapter 1 that is lying beneath what type of object?

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