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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Dilly Knox call his workers when he first showed Beth into their workroom at the BP?
(a) Dilly's Lilies.
(b) Dilly's Girls.
(c) Dilly's Fillies.
(d) Dilly's Billies.

2. What was Beth good at, inspiring Osla to seek a job for her at BP?
(a) Herding cattle.
(b) Remembering things.
(c) Crossword puzzles.
(d) Driving.

3. Who interviewed Beth for the job working at Bletchley Park?
(a) Paymaster Commander Rockwell.
(b) Paymaster Commander Brandeis.
(c) Paymaster Commander Bradshaw.
(d) Paymaster Commander Williams.

4. What was served as the first course at the Indian restaurant when Mab went on a date with Francis Gray in Chapter 19?
(a) Mulligatawny soup.
(b) Corn chowder.
(c) A Caesar salad.
(d) Garlic bread.

5. Whose head did Osla see blown from his body when the bomb hit the nightclub in Chapter 15?
(a) Snakehips Johnson's.
(b) Norman Wilson's.
(c) Prince Philip's.
(d) Mark Winton's.

6. What newsletter opens Chapter 15?
(a) The Secret Service.
(b) The Wandering Rose.
(c) The Tatler.
(d) Bletchley Bletherings.

7. When did Francis Gray supposedly write the poem that he and Mab discussed in Chapter 16?
(a) When he was 18.
(b) When he was 19.
(c) When he was 20.
(d) When he was 16.

8. What was the key word for the cipher that Osla received in the Prologue?
(a) Boots.
(b) Lassies.
(c) Rocket.
(d) Roses.

9. Who did Osla go to in order to ask for a transfer in Chapter 20?
(a) Commander Travis.
(b) Commander Dennison.
(c) Miss Senyard.
(d) Commander Eagle.

10. Who revealed that the German invasion of Britain was postponed in Chapter 13?
(a) Osla.
(b) Beth.
(c) Mab.
(d) Walter.

11. To whom did Osla's coworker say the brainy girls go at BP?
(a) Richard Laughton.
(b) Andrew Wilson.
(c) Dilly Knox.
(d) James Ainsley.

12. What were Beth and her coworkers told to call the Abwehr Enigma in Chapter 25?
(a) The Italian Enigma.
(b) The Rose Enigma.
(c) The Spy Enigma.
(d) The White Enigma.

13. What did Giles say Francis Gray's father had patented in Chapter 23?
(a) A cough medicine.
(b) A kitchen knife.
(c) A gun.
(d) A car engine.

14. How old was Harry's son when he contracted polio?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 6 years.
(c) 18 months.
(d) 4 years.

15. Who is revealed to be the woman locked in an asylum in Chapter 14?
(a) Mab.
(b) Osla.
(c) Beth.
(d) Mary.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what hut was Mab summoned because she was tall in Chapter 16?

2. When does the author describe Hitler's advance seeming unstoppable in the Introduction?

3. How did Harry Zarb describe his ancestry when he met Beth?

4. Where did Osla describe planning to go when she talked to Harry after the Mad Hatter's meeting in Chapter 15?

5. During which time period does Chapter 5 take place?

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