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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. In Chapter 6 in a newspaper article from 1972, when had unemployment been at a similar high level?
(a) 1939.
(b) 1941.
(c) 1937.
(d) 1938.

2. What is the name of the story that Serena reads from the Kenyon Review in Chapter 8?
(a) Love Wins.
(b) This Is Not Love.
(c) Love and Hate.
(d) This Is Love.

3. What year does Serena have her affair with Tony?
(a) 1972.
(b) 1973.
(c) 1971.
(d) 1974.

4. What does Serena wonder if she knows how to read at the end of Chapter 8?
(a) Haley.
(b) Fiction.
(c) Novelettes.
(d) Short stories.

5. At the end of Chapter 2, what does Serena try to throw that belongs to Tony?
(a) Books.
(b) Jacket.
(c) Pipe.
(d) Keys.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of Chapter 1, how does Jeremy describe Serena?

2. In Chapter 1, how long was Serena in the British Security Service before she was sacked?

3. In the story that Serena reads in the Kenyon Review in Chapter 8, what is the name of the woman who follows Edmund home?

4. In Chapter 3, how long does it take Serena to walk from Regent Street to Charing Cross Road?

5. In Chapter 3, what is the name of the first person who interviews Serena?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Serena meet Tony Canning in Chapter 1?

2. What is Max's office like in Chapter 10?

3. Who is Max Greatorex?

4. In Chapter 10, what is Serena to do to get Haley to accept the money the Service will be offering?

5. Why did Serena study maths at Cambridge?

6. In Chapter 2, how did Tony's family get the cottage?

7. In Chapter 2, where do Serena and Tony have their trysts when they are having their affair?

8. In Chapter 7, what is Serena thinking when she is called to Tapp's office?

9. What is the general plot of the story that Serena reads in Chapter 8?

10. Who is Millie Trimingham, and what does Serena know about her?

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