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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 song did Mab write about Francis humming while he shaved in Chapter 36?
(a) "You Always Hurt the One You Love."
(b) "Star Dust."
(c) "Paper Doll."
(d) "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows."

2. What names did Osla and Mab give at Clockwell when they signed in to visit Beth?
(a) Mrs. Smithson and Mrs. Haddock.
(b) Mrs. Tiller and Mrs. Talbot.
(c) Mrs. Brodeur and Mrs. Ross.
(d) Mrs. Riley and Mrs. Chadwick.

3. What author had kicked up the MI-5 the previous year because their work had a spy named Colonel Bletchley in it?
(a) Agatha Christie.
(b) Edgar Allan Poe.
(c) Ernest Hemingway.
(d) F. Scott Fitzgerald.

4. What kind of cigarettes did Osla pass around to the nurses at the asylum in Chapter 74?
(a) Gauloises.
(b) American Spirits.
(c) Camels.
(d) Marlboros.

5. Where did Beth take her decrypted report for safety in Chapter 63?
(a) To Dilly's safe.
(b) To Prince Philip's home.
(c) To Harry's house.
(d) To her bathroom.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Beth conclude the traitor to be in the end of Chapter 68?

2. Into what line of the military did Harry enlist in Chapter 58?

3. Where did Beth keep the key to Dilly's safe while she was at the asylum, according to the narrative in Chapter 68?

4. When is Chapter 59 set?

5. What was Sheila Zarb's maiden name?

Short Essay Questions

1. Whom does Mab blame for the deaths of Lucy and Francis? Why?

2. How do Mab and Osla react to Beth's story when they meet with her at Clockwell?

3. How does Sheila describe the circumstances of her marriage to Beth in Chapter 37?

4. How does Giles threaten Beth in Chapter 70?

5. How are the Americans at BP described when they arrive?

6. How is Beth's confrontation with her father described in Chapter 52?

7. Why does Harry enlist in the armed services? How do Beth and Sheila respond?

8. Why does Mab go with Beth to a gynecologist in Chapter 53?

9. Why is Osla's relationship with Philip threatened in Chapter 38?

10. What secret of Mab's does Francis guess in Chapter 40? How does he respond to the secret?

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