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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 3, what is the name of the first person who interviews Serena?
(a) Amy.
(b) Joan.
(c) Megan.
(d) Doris.

2. How old is Max in Chapter 4?
(a) 32.
(b) 30.
(c) 29.
(d) 27.

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

4. In Chapter 9, in the short story Serena reads, how many bedrooms does Neil Carder's house have?
(a) 2.
(b) 8.
(c) 4.
(d) 6.

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

6. In Chapter 3, what is the name of the girl that Serena becomes friends with?
(a) Shirley.
(b) Anna.
(c) Melinda.
(d) Rachel.

7. At the end of Chapter 1, how does Jeremy describe Serena?
(a) Pretty.
(b) Ravishing.
(c) Stunning.
(d) Gorgeous.

8. How does Serena get a black mark at the end of Chapter 5?
(a) For bringing a forbidden book to work.
(b) For making a comment at a meeting.
(c) For sitting in the wrong place.
(d) When Shirley makes a comment at a meeting.

9. In Chapter 1, what does Serena have for tea at Canning's rooms?
(a) Finger sandwiches.
(b) Chocolate biscuits.
(c) Fruit.
(d) Shortbread cookies.

10. In Chapter 8, how old does Serena say that Haley is?
(a) 26.
(b) 34.
(c) 27.
(d) 31.

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

12. In Chapter 8, when was Haley's story written that appeared in the Kenyon Review?
(a) Summer of 1970.
(b) Fall of 1970.
(c) Spring of 1970.
(d) Winter of 1970.

13. In Chapter 9, who does Shirley say asked her to get into a political conversation with Serena?
(a) Nutting, Tapp, and Benjamin.
(b) Tapp and Benjamin.
(c) Nutting and Max.
(d) Nutting and Tapp.

14. In Chapter 5, when does Serena come home late to an empty house?
(a) Mid-May.
(b) Early May.
(c) End of April.
(d) End of May.

15. In Chapter 5, where does a brigadier say that MI6 is operating?
(a) London and Essex.
(b) Belfast and Londonderry.
(c) Dublin and Limerick.
(d) Cork and Waterford.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Solzhenitsyn receive the Nobel Prize?

2. What color ink does Max write with in Chapter 4?

3. At the end of Chapter 9 when Neil Carder fires Abeje, how long does he pay her for?

4. What does Serena wonder if she knows how to read at the end of Chapter 8?

5. What happens in the story from the Kenyon Review in Chapter 8 when Edmund wants to reunite with his wife?

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