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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-5 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Marie uses a book of poetry written by which poet to calm herself in Chapter 3?
(a) Stein.
(b) Wordsworth.
(c) Baudelaire.
(d) Cummings.

2. The narrator reveals in Chapter 2 that Eleanor has worked for SOE since shortly after their inception. How long ago was that?
(a) 3 years.
(b) 3 months.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 6 years.

3. What is the full name of the Director of Special Operations Executive known "only as 'the Director' to everyone at headquarters" (19)?
(a) Mark Smeaton.
(b) Henry Higgins.
(c) Gregory Winslow.
(d) Michael Stockland.

4. Josie tells Marie that in all, there have been how many women operatives working as radio operatives?
(a) 10.
(b) 40.
(c) 50.
(d) 80.

5. What location does Grace avoid at all costs, since she associates it with Tom's death?
(a) The library.
(b) The military base.
(c) The train station.
(d) The lumber mill.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose idea is it to deploy women operatives within SOE in the first place?

2. From which year does Grace's story originate in Chapter 1 and in subsequent chapters?

3. Which object does Grace associate with "the place where friends and lovers [meet]" (13)?

4. When Chapter 5 opens by portraying Marie's perspective, she is in which country?

5. Chapter 4 returns to portraying Grace's perspective after how much time has passed?

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