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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. What is the name of the madame who tells Marie that more than a dozen agents had been arrested in the previous 24 hours?
(a) Siobhan.
(b) Clarice.
(c) Lisette.
(d) Yvonne.

2. 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 appropriated by the government.
(b) It has been flooded.
(c) It has been moved.
(d) It has burned down.

3. Chapter 14 depicts events from Marie's perspective when she is in France in which year?
(a) 1945.
(b) 1939.
(c) 1950.
(d) 1944.

4. Through whom does Eleanor try to reach Marie at the end of Chapter 18, to no avail?
(a) The Director.
(b) Will.
(c) Jane.
(d) Josie.

5. To what location does Henri Duquet, a former member of the French resistance, take Eleanor when he leads her from the hotel in Chapter 25?
(a) SOE headquarters in London.
(b) Gestapo headquarters in Paris.
(c) The Louvre.
(d) To his home.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT an emotion Marie feels when she is led to a room where she sees a bruised and bloodied Julian?

2. Chapter 24 focuses on Eleanor's perspective of events taking place in which year?

3. Who turns out to be at Marie's door in Chapter 15 when she is so terrified that she is ready to eat the cyanide capsule?

4. Chapter 19 opens by portraying the perspective of Marie as she works in Paris in what year?

5. At whose insistence had Marie gone to use the brothel cellar as a safe house after the bridge explosion?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does the Director respond to Eleanor's urgent request for help in Chapter 16?

6. Who is Lisette and what news of Marie's fellow SOE operatives does Lisette provide in Chapter 19?

7. What aspect of Mark's character helps Grace to feel more centered and why?

8. Name two pieces of news that Will delivers to Marie in her safe-house apartment in Chapter 17.

9. In what way does the theme of betrayal emerge in Chapter 21?

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

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