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Katharine Gun: multiple choice questions
choose the best continuation according to the information in the story
(1) When Katharine’s trial was cancelled, many people thought this was because
(a) the government realized she was only trying to do the right thing
(b) the government was afraid to release documents her lawyers were demanding
(c) the government was afraid her trial would reduce support for war
(d) the government realized she might be found not guilty
(2) After the letter from Frank Koza was published in “The Observer”
(a) Katherine quickly left the country
(b) spent several months in jail
(c) spent one night in jail
(d) hid in a friend’s apartment while the police searched for her
(3) In the e-mail that Katharine found disturbing, the US government asked the GCHQ
(a) to spy on some British Members of Parliament
(b) to spy on some Iraqis living in London
(c) to spy on some delegates to the United Nations
(d) to spy on the Chinese embassy in London
(4) Katharine was born in
(a) China
(b) England
(c) Taiwan
(d) Japan
(5) At the time, these things happened the US was struggling to get support from
(a) other members of the UN Security Council
(b) the Secretary General of the UN
(c) the governments of Italy and Spain
(d) NATO
(6) Katharine’s lawyers planned to argue that she had not committed a crime because
(a) the information she had revealed was not really secret
(b) although secret, the information she had revealed was not really important
(c) she was trying to stop the British government from doing something dishonest
(d) she was trying to stop the British government from doing something illegal.
(7) According to the article Katharine felt that the British government was
(a) telling lies in order to get support for an attack on Iraq
(b) forcing newspapers to write articles in favour of war
(c) failing to resist pressure from the US
(d) trying to manipulate the British people by using emotional language
(8) Katharine worked at the GCHQ as a
(a) translator
(b) secretary
(c) spy
(d) code-breaker
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