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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. When is the Bletchley Bletherings excerpt from that opens Chapter 57?

2. For whom did Giles say he had fallen in Chapter 56?

3. Who called Osla to tell her about the spark between Philip and Elizabeth in Chapter 54?

4. Who did Sheila describe as her lover in Chapter 37?

5. What was Dilly Knox awarded in recognition of his wartime achievements?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Giles apprehended? What happens to him?

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

3. What are the circumstances surrounding Beth's first time being intimate with Harry?

4. What code of Dilly's does Beth begin working on in Chapter 52? Why?

5. Who is Mike and how did Mab meet him?

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

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

8. What is revealed in Francis's letter to Mab in Chapter 36?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze and discuss the character of Beth in the novel. Where is Beth living when her character is introduced? How do Beth's circumstances change in the course of the novel? What are Beth's circumstances at the end of the story?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the setting of Clockwell Sanitarium. Why is Beth held at this facility? How is she treated there? What are the other patients like? How does Beth escape the institution?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the progression of World War II. When did the Nazis come to power in Germany? How did Nazi power spread across Europe? When did the United States become involved in the war? Why?

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