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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. 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) Packets of oatmeal.
(c) Oranges.
(d) Keys.

2. When Grace finds a particular object missing in Chapter 8, whom does she ask for help?
(a) A policeman.
(b) A passenger.
(c) A porter.
(d) A receptionist.

3. 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) Henry Higgins.
(c) Michael Stockland.
(d) Mark Smeaton.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

3. At what location does Eleanor arrive in Chapter 6?

4. Near the end of Chapter 8, Grace sees a news report about which character being run over by a train that morning?

5. Grace's late husband Tom was killed by what kind of event?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss the symbolism of Marie's butterfly locket necklace.

2. Whose idea is it to utilize female operatives within the SOE and why is this fact significant?

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

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

5. In what way is the end of Chapter 4 connected to the beginning of Chapter 8?

6. What shocking discovery does Grace make at the end of Chapter 4?

7. Name three traits the narrator of Chapter 2 attributes to Eleanor.

8. What change does Marie see in her own character after Josie has been deployed?

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

10. Discuss an instance in Chapter 10 when Jenoff utilizes the motif of dreams.

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