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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. When Grace decides to take action in regard to the deceased woman associated with the missing suitcase, whom does she call?
(a) The deceased woman's sister.
(b) The deceased woman's mother.
(c) A lawyer.
(d) The police.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Grace's boss Frankie is described with the use of all but which of the following terms?

2. The narrator reveals in Chapter 2 that Eleanor has worked for SOE since shortly after their inception. How long ago was that?

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

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

5. What kind of skills are the operatives learning in Chapter 6 as Eleanor assesses their strengths?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way was the manner of Grace's husband Tom's death ironic, as revealed in Chapter 1 of The Lost Girls of Paris?

2. Name two ways in which Josie helps Marie in Chapter 5.

3. In what way is the theme of sacrifice depicted within Marie's account presented in Chapter 3?

4. For what reason does Grace return to Grand Central Station for a second time, though she had vowed never to go there again?

5. In what way is the theme of perseverance presented within Chapter 9?

6. For what purpose does Eleanor visit Arasaig House in Chapter 6?

7. From whose perspective is Chapter 1 presented and what does the reader learn about this character in the opening passages of the chapter?

8. How does Marie end up locked in a shed in Chapter 9?

9. Discuss one theme present within the epigraph of The Lost Girls of Paris.

10. In what way does the theme of guilt arise within Chapter 8 in relation to Grace?

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