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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What musical instrument does Max play in Chapter 4?
(a) Guitar.
(b) Banjo.
(c) Piano.
(d) Trumpet.

2. What happens in the story from the Kenyon Review in Chapter 8 when Edmund wants to reunite with his wife?
(a) He cheats on his wife again.
(b) He cannot give up his lover.
(c) His lover stalks his family.
(d) He gets sick.

3. How does Max look when Serena tells him that she thinks she is being followed in Chapter 10?
(a) Angry and frustrated.
(b) Shocked and mad.
(c) Tired and discouraged.
(d) Old and hard.

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

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

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

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

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

9. In Chapter 7, how many short stories has Haley written?
(a) 4.
(b) 8.
(c) 5.
(d) 6.

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

11. How many pages is the story that Serena reads in Chapter 8 from the Kenyon Review?
(a) 35.
(b) 39.
(c) 28.
(d) 25.

12. In Chapter 3, what year is it when Serena joins MI5?
(a) 1970.
(b) 1971.
(c) 1973.
(d) 1972.

13. In Chapter 2, how old is Tony?
(a) 49.
(b) 57.
(c) 61.
(d) 54.

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

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of Chapter 4, what excuse does Max give Serena for explaining why he has to leave?

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

3. In Chapter 9, what does Shirley say that she will do when she leaves the Service?

4. In Chapter 3, how many days after the breakup with Tony does Serena interview with MI5?

5. In Chapter 5, when does Serena come home late to an empty house?

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