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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. For how many days has Marie been living in the cellar of a brothel when Chapter 19 opens?
(a) 3.
(b) 9.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

2. In which country does Chapter 17 take place while depicting Marie's story from 1944?
(a) Belgium.
(b) Poland.
(c) France.
(d) England.

3. What term does the narrator use to describe Eleanor's affinity for the sound of the teletype machine?
(a) Prayer.
(b) Lullaby.
(c) Boogie.
(d) Hymn.

4. With whom is Eleanor living when Chapter 24 opens?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her sister.
(c) Her husband.
(d) Her brother.

5. Chapter 24 focuses on Eleanor's perspective of events taking place in which year?
(a) 1946.
(b) 1969.
(c) 1954.
(d) 1944.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Eleanor asks Marie a question in a transmission in Chapter 12 to verify her identity, what insect does Eleanor mention?

2. Who meets Grace at Union Station when she arrives on the train in Chapter 12?

3. At the end of Chapter 17, Will tells Marie that she has what length of time to look for any sign of Julian before he returns in the plane to get her?

4. In which city does Chapter 25 take place while portraying events from Eleanor's perspective?

5. While Eleanor is arguing with the Director about Marie, she thinks about a dream she once had of acquiring what object "like the one the witch had in that American film, The Wizard of Oz" (198)?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. For what reason does Marie end up staying in a brothel, as depicted in Chapter 19?

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

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

7. 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?

8. What information about Mark's professional life does Grace learn in Chapter 15?

9. Who is Jane and how is she involved in the suspenseful scene in Chapter 18 depicting Marie's sudden radio silence?

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

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