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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the weather like in Chapter 13?
(a) Windy.
(b) Rainy.
(c) Partly cloudy.
(d) Sunny.

2. What is Shirley writing in Chapter 19?
(a) Poetry.
(b) Historical fiction.
(c) Romantic novels.
(d) Biographies.

3. In Chapter 18, how long has the American who Serena and others at MI5 listen to in Tapp's office worked for the CIA?
(a) 25 years.
(b) Almost 23 years.
(c) About 24 years.
(d) 22 years.

4. In Chapter 15 in Tom's short novel, what are a man and his daughter looking for?
(a) His wife and her mother.
(b) A home.
(c) Food.
(d) Books.

5. In Chapter 11, what is Haley giving a tutorial on?
(a) Beowulf.
(b) Shakespeare.
(c) Canterbury Tales.
(d) Faerie Queene.

6. What publication in Chapter 20 says that Tom was funded by MI5?
(a) Financial Times.
(b) Evening Standard.
(c) New Statesman.
(d) Guardian.

7. In Chapter 17, how long do Tom and Serena spend in Maschler's office?
(a) 30 minutes.
(b) 10 minutes.
(c) 60 minutes.
(d) 45 minutes.

8. In Chapter 19 when Serena goes to meet Tom on Saturday, how early is she?
(a) Almost an hour.
(b) 20 minutes.
(c) About three quarters of an hour.
(d) 40 minutes.

9. In Chapter 18 at what temperature are thermostats set at Leconfield House?
(a) 61 degrees.
(b) 63 degrees.
(c) 62 degrees.
(d) 60 degrees.

10. In Chapter 19, how long has it been since the government instituted three-day work weeks because of the miners strike?
(a) 8 weeks.
(b) 2 months.
(c) 1 month.
(d) 10 weeks.

11. In Chapter 16, what time does Max come to Serena's house?
(a) 11:50 p.m.
(b) 10:15 p.m.
(c) 9:00 p.m.
(d) 10:30 p.m.

12. In Chapter 17, how old was Serena the last time she went to her father's church?
(a) 17.
(b) 16.
(c) 15.
(d) 12.

13. At the end of Chapter 18, what do Serena and Tom share before heading home?
(a) Cannabis.
(b) Soda.
(c) Beer.
(d) Cigarette.

14. In Chapter 19, what size is the bomb that kills a family on a bus?
(a) 25 pounds.
(b) 30 pounds.
(c) 20 pounds.
(d) 15 pounds.

15. Toward the end of Chapter 14, how long ago had Max signed off on the payments for Tom?
(a) 4 days.
(b) 3 days.
(c) 1 day.
(d) 2 days.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Tom's short story in Chapter 16, in what room does he find his wife and her lover?

2. In Chapter 20, before Tom how many first-time novelists had won the Austen?

3. In Chapter 13, when Oleg Lysalin defected, who did he bring with him?

4. In Chapter 16, when does Max agree to meet Serena for a drink after work or a meal or something?

5. In Chapter 18 when Serena sees Tom for the first time after Christmas, how long has it been since they saw one another?

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