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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does Tony have a scar?
(a) Chest.
(b) Back.
(c) Shoulder.
(d) Abdomen.

3. In Chapter 4, when does Serena learn of Tony's death?
(a) Summer 1973.
(b) Spring 1973.
(c) Fall 1973.
(d) Winter 1973.

4. In Chapter 10, what word does Max use to describe Haley's story about the twin brothers?
(a) Disgusting.
(b) Awful.
(c) Excellent.
(d) Ridiculous.

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

6. In Chapter 7, how many men are in Harry Tapp's office when Serena arrives?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 6.
(d) 4.

7. What does Tony's wife find in Chapter 2 that alerts her to the affair between Tony and Serena?
(a) Nylons.
(b) Blouse.
(c) Underwear.
(d) Skirt.

8. What bookmark does Serena have in Chapter 5 that Tony gave her?
(a) Plastic bookmark from a realtor.
(b) Strip of green leather from a Welsh castle.
(c) Cardboard bookmark from a realtor.
(d) Strip of brown leather from a Welsh castle.

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

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

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

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

13. At the end of Chapter 6, when do Shirley and Serena finish their work?
(a) 6:45.
(b) 5:30.
(c) After 6.
(d) Around 6:30.

14. Where did Trimingham do clerical work?
(a) Berlin.
(b) Paris.
(c) Cairo.
(d) Islamabad.

15. In Chapter 4, what does Serena learn that Tony died from?
(a) Lupus.
(b) Emphysema.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Leukemia.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When did Solzhenitsyn receive the Nobel Prize?

3. What is the name of the older gentleman in Tapp's office in Chapter 7?

4. By the end of Chapter 7, how long has Serena been in the Service?

5. At the end of Chapter 3, what is Serena's favorite band?

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