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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. In Chapter 2, the Director is unhappy with which recent trend within SOE?

2. In which year does Chapter 8 take place while portraying Grace's perspective from New York City?

3. At what time of day does Eleanor arrive at her destination at the beginning of Chapter 6?

4. One of Frankie's clients featured in Chapter 4 spent two years in which concentration camp?

5. In Chapter 1, it is revealed that Grace had a sexual encounter the previous night with an old friend of her late husband's. What is the man's name?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss an instance when Jenoff uses foreshadowing within a chapter's first line to affect the reader in a particular way.

2. Discuss one theme present within the epigraph of The Lost Girls of Paris.

3. In what way is the theme of perseverance presented within Chapter 9?

4. Discuss the symbolism of Marie's butterfly locket necklace.

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

6. For what length of time has Marie been at Arasaig House by the time Chapter 7 begins?

7. From whose perspective is Chapter 1 presented and what does the reader learn about this character in the opening passages of the chapter?

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

9. Whose idea is it to utilize female operatives within the SOE and why is this fact significant?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Trace the characterization arc of Grace’s character throughout the novel The Lost Girls of Paris. Discuss whether Grace is a round or flat character and whether she is a static or dynamic character.

Essay Topic 2

What messages does Jenoff send about family bonds and what themes are employed in order to send these messages to the reader?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Jenoff’s messages about guilt and responsibility within The Lost Girls of Paris.

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