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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Commander Denniston say "GC & CS* stood for in Chapter 3?
(a) Governance, Commerce, and Culture Society.
(b) Graduation Cadets and Conduct Society.
(c) Golf, Cheese, and Chess Society.
(d) Government Code and Cypher School.

2. What is the following message from Chapter 7 translated to by one of Mab's workmates: "Keine besonderen Ereignisse" (166)?
(a) "No special developments."
(b) "Allied Forces are suffering losses."
(c) "We need assistance."
(d) "The invasion is next week."

3. Who wrote The Return of the Native?
(a) Edgar Allan Poe.
(b) James London.
(c) Thomas Hardy.
(d) John Donne.

4. Mab told her new workmate in Chapter 16, "Nobody transfers out of BP unless you fall pregnant or" what (334)?
(a) "Go crazy."
(b) "Kill someone."
(c) "Die."
(d) "Get married."

5. How old was Osla when her family moved to England?
(a) 8.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 6.

6. How old was Francis Gray supposedly when he went on his date with Mab in Chapter 19?
(a) 39.
(b) 22.
(c) 32.
(d) 29.

7. Who arranged all the details for Mab's wedding to Francis?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Beth.
(c) Mary.
(d) Osla.

8. At what factory did Osla say she had been working when she met Mab in Chapter 3?
(a) The Bond factory.
(b) The Hawker Siddeley factory.
(c) The Wallace Stevens factory.
(d) The Lucille Lortel factory.

9. How old is Osla described as in the Prologue?
(a) 19.
(b) 32.
(c) 22.
(d) 26.

10. What kind of gemstone was in the engagement ring that Francis gave to Mab?
(a) Ruby.
(b) Emerald.
(c) Diamond.
(d) Sapphire.

11. When is Chapter 27 set?
(a) June, 1947.
(b) May, 1941.
(c) September, 1941.
(d) November 8, 1947.

12. When is Chapter 3 set?
(a) June, 1940.
(b) December, 1939.
(c) July, 1947.
(d) March, 1940.

13. What date is noted at the opening of the Prologue?
(a) May, 2018.
(b) June 4, 1973.
(c) November 8, 1947.
(d) March 25, 1940.

14. To whom did Mab lose her virginity?
(a) Geoffrey Irving.
(b) Andrew Iverness.
(c) Michael Hall.
(d) Mark Whitmore.

15. How did Harry Zarb describe his ancestry when he met Beth?
(a) African, Egyptian, and American.
(b) Maltese, Arab, and Egyptian.
(c) African and English.
(d) Native American and French.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who interviewed Beth for the job working at Bletchley Park?

2. With whom had Mad been going to films and dinners for months in Chapter 16?

3. Who was Prince Philip's mother?

4. What name is used to describe "The machine the enemy uses to encrypt most of their military traffic" (228), according to Peggy Rock in Chapter 10?

5. Who is revealed to be the woman locked in an asylum in Chapter 14?

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