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

2. When is the Bletchley Bletherings excerpt from that opens Chapter 57?
(a) March, 1944.
(b) May, 1947.
(c) June, 1941.
(d) September, 1944.

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

4. When does Chapter 43 begin?
(a) September, 1941.
(b) April, 1944.
(c) June, 1941.
(d) November, 1942.

5. At what station did Osla meet Philip in Chapter 57?
(a) Orwell station.
(b) Euston station.
(c) Grandwell station.
(d) Paddington station.

Short Answer Questions

1. What date was scribbled in the corner of the photograph laying face-down on Francis's desk in Chapter 36?

2. What type of flower did Beth associate with the Soviet Enigma that was Dilly's last work?

3. Who revealed to Mab that Beth had broken an advance report about Coventry in Chapter 62?

4. Where did Beth take her decrypted report for safety in Chapter 63?

5. When was Mired: Battlefield Verses by Francis Gray published?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are Lucy and Francis killed?

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

3. What are the circumstances surrounding Osla spending the night in Philip's room in Chapter 54?

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

5. How does Beth escape Clockwell?

6. How does Giles threaten Beth in Chapter 70?

7. How does Beth know about the attack on Coventry? Why does she not say anything to Mab and Osla?

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

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

10. How has Mab's behavior changed in Chapter 53? What led to these changes?

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