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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (pages 51 - 100).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Nathaniel one night in the underground that shakes him and scares him?
(a) Two men try to accost him in the lift.
(b) He thinks he sees a ghost.
(c) He thinks he sees his mother.
(d) He is stabbed by a young girl.

2. What does the stranger in the cinema give to Rachel when she has a seizure to help her?
(a) A bracelet to identify her illness.
(b) An ice cream.
(c) A wallet to put in her mouth.
(d) A shot of some medication.

3. What does Nathaniel remember most about visiting his father's office with him one night?
(a) The animals all around.
(b) The doorman's uniform.
(c) The large maps on the wall.
(d) The secretaries' smiles.

4. Where does Nathaniel start his first paying job?
(a) In the fields of a local farm.
(b) In the laundry room of The Criterion.
(c) In the kitchen of La Mia Amici.
(d) In the sound room at the BBC radio station.

5. What job did The Moth and Nathaniel's mother do together during the war?
(a) They were code breakers.
(b) They were "fire watchers."
(c) They were assassins.
(d) They were medics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What nighttime activity do Nathaniel and Rachel partake of with Olive Lawrence?

2. What does Nathaniel's sister show him that casts doubt on their mother's whereabouts in the section titled "Hell-Fire"?

3. Where do Nathaniel and his sister go shortly after their mother leaves for Singapore?

4. In what year do Nathaniel's parents tell him they are traveling to Singapore?

5. Which of the men whose care Nathaniel and Rachel are left in does Nathaniel most prefer?

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