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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is revealed to be the woman locked in an asylum in Chapter 14?
(a) Osla.
(b) Mab.
(c) Mary.
(d) Beth.

2. Where did Philip say his mother was now living in Chapter 26?
(a) New York.
(b) Athens.
(c) London.
(d) Paris.

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

4. Who signed the note with replacement shoes that Mab received in Chapter 13?
(a) J. Watson.
(b) M. Stames.
(c) M. Morris.
(d) F. Gray.

5. Where did Peggy send Beth to ask for reinforcements in Chapter 17?
(a) Hut 12.
(b) Hut 8.
(c) Hut 3.
(d) Hut 11.

6. When did Mab say she lost her virginity in Chapter 23?
(a) When she was 21.
(b) When she was 17.
(c) When she was 23.
(d) When she was 19.

7. Who interviewed Beth for the job working at Bletchley Park?
(a) Paymaster Commander Rockwell.
(b) Paymaster Commander Williams.
(c) Paymaster Commander Bradshaw.
(d) Paymaster Commander Brandeis.

8. What were Beth and her coworkers told to call the Abwehr Enigma in Chapter 25?
(a) The Italian Enigma.
(b) The Rose Enigma.
(c) The White Enigma.
(d) The Spy Enigma.

9. When is Chapter 18 set?
(a) August 11, 1939.
(b) June 12, 1946.
(c) November 9, 1947.
(d) March 25, 1940.

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

11. Where was Prince Philip's mother taken after her nervous breakdown?
(a) France.
(b) Switzerland.
(c) The United States.
(d) Canada.

12. How old is Beth said to be in Chapter 4?
(a) 19.
(b) 24.
(c) 29.
(d) 22.

13. What character from Through the Looking Glass did Beth think that Dilly Knox looked like when she first saw him?
(a) The White Rabbit.
(b) The Queen.
(c) The Caterpillar.
(d) The White Knight.

14. When does the author describe Hitler's advance seeming unstoppable in the Introduction?
(a) 1938.
(b) 1939.
(c) 1940.
(d) 1937.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. How old was Harry's son when he contracted polio?

3. When Beth thought back to the messages she had decrypted in Chapter 30 pertaining to the traitor, she recalled them being from what origin?

4. How old was Osla when her family moved to England?

5. Where had Osla's mother shipped her to for safety from the oncoming war?

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