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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. Where is Lieutenant Mike Sharpe from?

2. When is Chapter 37 set?

3. How old was Christopher turning on his birthday in Chapter 55?

4. What did Mab encourage her coworkers in Hut 11-A to do in Chapter 40?

5. When is the excerpt from Bletchley Bletherings dated in the opening of Chapter 55?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How are Lucy and Francis killed?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the narrative style of The Rose Code. From whose perspective is the story related? Is the narrator involved in the action of the story? Is the narrative related in the past or present tense? Why are these choices important?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze and discuss the character of Mab in the novel. How old is Mab when her character is introduced? How has her character changed between the earlier timeline and the later one? What are Mab's objectives in the novel? Does she achieve those objectives?

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