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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. Who thinks Communism is dangerous?
(a) Sankara.
(b) Pop.
(c) Agathe.
(d) Marie.

2. What does Thomas not like to talk about?
(a) Plants.
(b) Books.
(c) Movies.
(d) Music.

3. Who does the narrator have a tense relationship with?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her dog.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her neighbor.

4. Who does the narrator meet for lunch in Chinatown?
(a) Mr. Ali.
(b) Pop.
(c) Agathe.
(d) Helene.

5. Where does the narrator work?
(a) NYU.
(b) A grocery store.
(c) The FBI.
(d) The CIA.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is on the narrator's clothes in the first chapter?

2. Who is Mr. Ali?

3. Who does Marie have an argument with at the airport?

4. Where does the narrator's mother live?

5. What does Helene insist the narrator wear as a child?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Marie takes Agathe to the airport?

2. Where do Marie's sons stay for a night in Connecticut?

3. What is Marie like as a child?

4. What is Marie's relationship with Agathe like after Helene's wake?

5. What bad news does Pop give Marie?

6. Who tells Helene all about spies?

7. Where does Marie take the boys in the first chapter?

8. Who is Aisha?

9. Who wants to be a spy when they are a child?

10. Why is Marie ashamed of the memory of Helene's 13th birthday?

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