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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 what type of situation does Eleanor find herself at the beginning of Chapter 18?
(a) She wakes up from a nightmare.
(b) She is at a cafe.
(c) She is in enemy territory.
(d) She is in her office.

2. What does the German phrase, "Nacht and Nebel" (183) mean?
(a) Knock and shoot.
(b) None and all.
(c) Night and fog.
(d) Never and always.

3. How many days have passed since the Director dismissed Eleanor's concerns about Marie?
(a) 1.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

4. What object did Eleanor take from her former SOE office when she was taken there in Chapter 24?
(a) A steel box.
(b) A vase.
(c) A key.
(d) A lock.

5. Who fatally shoots Julian in the head in Chapter 21?
(a) Marie.
(b) Sturmbannnfuhrer Kriegler.
(c) Will.
(d) Eleanor.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which character does Marie name when she tells Julian who set the detonator for the bridge explosion?

3. Chapter 15 follows which character as she carries out an investigation in Washington, DC?

4. What is the name of the madame who tells Marie that more than a dozen agents had been arrested in the previous 24 hours?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. For what reason does Marie refuse to go with Will in Chapter 17 and what promise does she make to him instead?

3. To what location does Dodds take Eleanor in Chapter 24 and what does she discover there?

4. What shocking news about Eleanor's position does she receive from the Director in Chapter 22?

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

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

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

8. 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?

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

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

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