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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 10, when does Max say that he will announce his engagement?
(a) Next year.
(b) Couple of months.
(c) 2 months.
(d) 6 months.

2. In Chapter 6, how many Israeli athletes does Serena remember were killed during the Munich games?
(a) 7.
(b) 9.
(c) 11.
(d) 13.

3. In Chapter 7, how many of Haley's short stories were published in the States?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

4. How many women share a small bathroom where Serena has a room in Chapter 5?
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

5. In what branch of service does Tony say that his father served?
(a) Army.
(b) Air force.
(c) Marines.
(d) Navy.

6. When did Solzhenitsyn receive the Nobel Prize?
(a) 1970.
(b) 1968.
(c) 1969.
(d) 1971.

7. In Chapter 2, where does Jeremy move to work on his PhD?
(a) Edinburgh.
(b) New York.
(c) London.
(d) Paris.

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

9. In Chapter 10, what is Max wearing?
(a) Dark blue suit.
(b) Tweed jacket.
(c) Brown suit.
(d) Mustard jacket.

10. In Chapter 6, where does Shirley remember going as an exchange student when she was 16?
(a) Normandy.
(b) Switzerland.
(c) Wales.
(d) East Germany.

11. In Chapter 5, how many cleaning ladies does a brigadier say that the Official IRA salughtered?
(a) 7.
(b) 5.
(c) 4.
(d) 6.

12. In Chapter 9, what does Shirley say that she will do when she leaves the Service?
(a) Work in a restaurant.
(b) Work in an office and write.
(c) Work in a bar.
(d) Work in her dad's shop and write.

13. Where did Serena go to college?
(a) Cambridge.
(b) Bath.
(c) Exeter.
(d) Birmingham.

14. In Chapter 9 in the last nine months, how many girls have become engaged to men in the Service?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 6.

15. In Chapter 1, how long was Serena in the British Security Service before she was sacked?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 3 years.
(d) 18 months.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 7, how long was the Service prepared to finance someone working on a novel with the right type of views?

2. In Chapter 4, what did Max study at Harvard?

3. In Chapter 4, how many men are in Serena's intake?

4. As Serena gets ready to leave Max's office in Chapter 10, why does she think he might be angry?

5. In Chapter 8, what are the names of the two brothers in the story Serena reads in the Kenyon Review?

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