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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. In Chapter 3, what is the name of the first person who interviews Serena?

2. In Chapter 6, where does Shirley remember going as an exchange student when she was 16?

3. How does Max look when Serena tells him that she thinks she is being followed in Chapter 10?

4. In Chapter 6 in a newspaper article from 1972, when had unemployment been at a similar high level?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Serena find under a bed in Chapter 6 and what does she do with it?

2. In Chapter 7, what is Serena thinking when she is called to Tapp's office?

3. In Chapter 8, how is Serena allowed to take a file from the Registry?

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

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

6. Why did Serena study maths at Cambridge?

7. What is Max's office like in Chapter 10?

8. What is Serena feeling and thinking at the end of Chapter 7?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Serena’s father is kind, but remote. Why is he unavailable to Serena? How does the church symbolize the way that Serena’s father is not available for her?

Essay Topic 2

MI5 is a right-wing organization. How are characters and organizations split between being right and left-wing? How does casting characters as either right or left-wing advance the plot?

Essay Topic 3

After Tony’s death Serena feels betrayed. Why does Serena feel betrayed when her affair with Tony ends? How does that sense of betrayal turn into devotion? Why?

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