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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. The narrator describes her workplace of Bleeker and Sons as "a law practice for" (42) whom?
(a) Abused children.
(b) The indigent.
(c) Immigrants.
(d) Women.

2. What color are Mark's eyes and hair?
(a) Hazel and dark brown.
(b) Green and blonde.
(c) Hazel and blonde.
(d) Blue and light brown.

3. In Chapter 9, Marie is getting ready to use what type of transportation to reach the site of her mission?
(a) A train.
(b) A car.
(c) A tram.
(d) A plane.

4. In which year does Chapter 10 take place while portraying Grace's perspective?
(a) 1946.
(b) 1933.
(c) 1941.
(d) 1959.

5. Marie hates running, but she finds it more enjoyable when she can talk to which character during the run?
(a) Jacqueline.
(b) Eleanor.
(c) Josie.
(d) Mabel.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years before narrative present had Marie sent her daughter Tess out of London in hopes of keeping her safe?

2. How many months have passed since Eleanor presented Marie with "the option of giving up and going home" (95)?

3. When Grace decides to take action in regard to the deceased woman associated with the missing suitcase, whom does she call?

4. Grace is living in a rooming house on the edge of which feature of London?

5. What nickname do the operatives use to refer to the steep incline included in their daily run?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way does the theme of guilt arise within Chapter 8 in relation to Grace?

2. What is the setting of Chapter 5 and whose story is presented within its pages?

3. How does Marie end up locked in a shed in Chapter 9?

4. What change does Marie see in her own character after Josie has been deployed?

5. What shocking discovery does Grace make at the end of Chapter 4?

6. Name two ways in which Josie helps Marie in Chapter 5.

7. Discuss an instance in Chapter 10 when Jenoff utilizes the motif of dreams.

8. For what purpose does Eleanor visit Arasaig House in Chapter 6?

9. For what reason does Grace return to Grand Central Station for a second time, though she had vowed never to go there again?

10. In what way is the theme of sacrifice depicted within Marie's account presented in Chapter 3?

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