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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the name of Neil Carder's ex-wife?
(a) Hermione.
(b) Abigail.
(c) Penelope.
(d) Rebecca.

3. In Chapter 1, how long ago did Serena go on a secret mission for the British Security Service?
(a) 40 years.
(b) 36 months.
(c) 25 years.
(d) 24 months.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 10, what word does Max use to describe Haley's story about the twin brothers?

3. What bookmark does Serena have in Chapter 5 that Tony gave her?

4. In Chapter 4, what does Serena learn that Tony died from?

5. In Chapter 4, when does Serena learn of Tony's death?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 10, what is Serena to do to get Haley to accept the money the Service will be offering?

2. How does Serena meet Tony Canning in Chapter 1?

3. What does Serena think about Haley at the end of Chapter 8?

4. What does Max tell Serena at the end of Chapter 4?

5. In Chapter 2, how does Serena's affair end with Tony?

6. Who is Shirley Shilling, and what is her background?

7. In Chapter 3, why does Serena decide that she does not want the job at MI5?

8. In Chapter 6, what assignment does Tim Le Prevost give Shirley and Serena?

9. In the short story Serena reads in Chapter 9, with whom does the main character, Neil Carder, have a romance?

10. How does Serena describe the room she has in Chapter 5?

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