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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (pages 181 - 244).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What wisdom does Olive Lawrence murmur to Nathaniel that comes back to him as an adult?
(a) The past is a foreign country.
(b) We need other people to fill in what we can not remember ourselves.
(c) Forgive your parents their sins, for you do not know what they have suffered.
(d) The self is not the principal thing.

2. Who does Arthur McCash tell Nathaniel's mother he thinks is responsible for the children's attempted abduction?
(a) Americans.
(b) Italians or Yugoslavians.
(c) Chinese.
(d) Russians.

3. What is Olive Lawrence's effect on Nathaniel's view of women?
(a) Nathaniel finds Olive sexually attractive and is always looking for women that remind him of her later in life.
(b) Nathaniel finds Olive very much like his mother, and he misses his mother whenever she is around.
(c) Nathaniel finds Olive fascinating and Olive is the first woman he meets that makes him want to seek out other women's company.
(d) Nathaniel finds Olive suspicious so he never trusts women easily.

4. Who wrote the line on Rose Williams' gravestone?
(a) Dickens.
(b) It is from the Bible.
(c) Wordsworth.
(d) Blake.

5. How does Arthur McCash greet Nathaniel when he encounters him for the first time as an adult working in the archives?
(a) Hello, Professor!
(b) Hello, Sherlock!
(c) How is our map maker?
(d) Long time, no see.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the one newspaper where Rose Williams' death was mentioned?

2. What does Rose do when she learns a stranger has moved into White Paint?

3. What street in London does Nathaniel live on as a child?

4. What does Rachel invite Nathaniel to in the section titled "In the Archives"?

5. Where do Nathaniel and Agnes meet to have sex?

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