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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 is the title of the poetry collection that the Mad Hatters had chosen for this month's read in Chapter 16?
(a) The Rose.
(b) Mired.
(c) The Nights.
(d) The Measure of a Man.

2. Who was the anonymous author of the Bletchley Bletherings submissions at BP?
(a) Osla.
(b) Mab.
(c) Beth.
(d) Sarah.

3. Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten was formerly the prince of what country?
(a) Italy.
(b) Germany.
(c) France.
(d) Greece.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Osla's last name?

2. For what hut did Andrew Kempton work?

3. When is Chapter 14 set?

4. Where did the guard tell Osla and Mab they were at when they arrived at the gate near the train station in Chapter 3?

5. What color are Philip's eyes described as in Chapter 26?

Short Essay Questions

1. How would you describe Mrs. Finch?

2. How did Beth begin working at Bletchley Park?

3. How is the novel structured?

4. Who were the enemies of Great Britain during World War II? How is this reflected in the novel?

5. Who was Prince Philip and how is he described?

6. What does the Enigma machine refer to?

7. What causes the discord that emerges in the Finch home?

8. Describe the narrative style of the novel. From what perspective is the story related?

9. How does Osla become injured during an air raid in Chapter 15? What happens afterward?

10. Where has Osla returned from when she arrives in England in Chapter 2? Why was she there?

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