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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. For whom did Giles say he had fallen in Chapter 56?
(a) Betty.
(b) Beth.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Osla.

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

3. What did Mab begin drinking frequently after the deaths of Francis and Lucy?
(a) Schnapps.
(b) Whiskey.
(c) Gin.
(d) Wine.

4. What did Mab lend Beth before Beth went into the gynecologist's office in Chapter 53?
(a) Her hairbrush.
(b) Her lipstick.
(c) Her birth certificate.
(d) Her engagement ring.

5. What is Giles's last name?
(a) Talbot.
(b) Manchester.
(c) Ross.
(d) Williams.

Short Answer Questions

1. When is Chapter 37 set?

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

3. What are the names of Mab's children from her marriage to Mike Sharpe?

4. To what composer did Beth and Harry listen to when they were alone together in Chapter 41?

5. When is Chapter 39 set?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How do Mab, Osla, and Beth get help cracking the code in the end of the novel?

3. How does Beth escape Clockwell?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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