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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 Chapter 14 opens, how much time has passed since Julian brought Marie to Rosny-sur-Seine?
(a) 1 week.
(b) 3 months.
(c) 2 weeks.
(d) 1 month.

2. On what day of the week does Chapter 23 begin?
(a) Thursday.
(b) Sunday.
(c) Tuesday.
(d) Friday.

3. Which character familiar to Eleanor picks her up from her home in a black Austin in Chapter 24?
(a) The Director.
(b) Julian.
(c) Dodds.
(d) Will.

4. Before the Director fires Eleanor in Chapter 22, he tells her that all of the women operatives have been accounted for, besides how many?
(a) 24.
(b) 36.
(c) 12.
(d) 6.

5. What fate about her former SOE office building does Eleanor discover in Chapter 25 when she is taken there in a black Austin?
(a) It has been flooded.
(b) It has been moved.
(c) It has burned down.
(d) It has been appropriated by the government.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who assures Eleanor in Chapter 16 that Marie is fine?

2. What objects does Eleanor use as a means to keep track of details about her female operatives?

3. In which country does Marie find herself in 1944 at the beginning of Chapter 21?

4. When Chapter 12 opens, Grace is "on a train headed south for" (146) which location?

5. What aspect of Mark's character seems to center Grace, according to the narrator?

Short Essay Questions

1. What information does Mark provide to Grace about the Nacht und Nebel program in Chapter 12?

2. What is it about Marie's transmission in Chapter 16 that worries Eleanor so much that she pleads with the Director to see that something is wrong?

3. How does the motif of eavesdropping arise within Chapter 15?

4. From what source does Grace gain a newfound sense of peace in Chapter 23?

5. What action does Eleanor take in Chapter 13 when she attempts to verify Marie's identity via morse code message?

6. What conclusion does Grace reach about Eleanor by the end of Chapter 20?

7. In what way are Grace's feelings about Mark conflicted and for what reason does this conflict exist?

8. When Chapter 24 begins, how much time has passed since the end of Eleanor's previous chapter?

9. For what reason does Marie agree to cooperate with Sturmbannfuhrer Kriegler in Chapter 21?

10. What is the symbolism of the index cards in relation to Eleanor?

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