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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Trimingham do clerical work?

2. In Chapter 5, where does a brigadier say that MI6 is operating?

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

4. In Chapter 3, what year is it when Serena joins MI5?

5. In Chapter 9, where does Serena go to meet Shirley?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Shirley say about the GDR in Chapter 6?

2. In Chapter 1, what was Serena's upbringing?

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

4. How does Serena feel after her conversation with Shirley in Chapter 9?

5. In Chapter 5, who are Serena's roommates and what are they like?

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

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

8. Who is Millie Trimingham, and what does Serena know about her?

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

10. In Chapter 2, how did Tony's family get the cottage?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Both Serena and Tom have been deceitful with one another. How have they both been deceitful? How does deceit influence their relationship? How does deceit finally bring them together?

Essay Topic 2

The Service is very discriminatory toward women. In what ways do Serena and other women face discrimination when working for the Service? How does the discrimination affect Serena and other women and the choices they have in life?

Essay Topic 3

In the novel, some characters are more thoroughly described than others. Who are some characters that are merely named in passing or have a minor role in the novel? What is the importance of these flat characters to the story line? In what way do these characters make the main characters more colorful or interesting? When there is conflict, what type of role do these flat characters play?

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