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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What pub does Maddie want to take Queenie to in Part II?

2. Where are Queenie's grandmother and Nanny both from?

3. What is one thing Queenie eats in Gestapo prison that she says prevents her from getting scurvy?

4. Who does Maddie hear, improbably, over radio in Part I?

5. What happens to Queenie on her first flight with Maddie?

Short Essay Questions

1. What can Queenie hear when she is a Gestapo prisoner in France?

2. What does Maddie say discovering your best friend can be like?

3. What is Castle Craig partially used for in Part II?

4. Who does Queenie tell Maddie she is most worried about in the war?

5. How do Maddie and Queenie first meet?

6. What does Maddie make Queenie do in Part II to try to help her with her sense of direction?

7. Why does Queenie think she is being treated as a dangerous lunatic by the Gestapo?

8. What deal does Queenie make with Von Linden in Part I?

9. What happens to Jamie in Part II?

10. What kind of marks appear in Queenie's writing at different points, and what do you think they could mean?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Julie manage to complete her SOE mission despite being captured and later killed in France? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay discussing how and why Anna Engel is a pivotal character in this novel, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

How does Maddie describe her range of emotions - including how her emotions impact her work and her mission - during her several months in France after she and Julie are shot down? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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