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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of part-time job does Rachel get in the section titled "The Mussel Boat"?
(a) A cleaning job.
(b) A writing job.
(c) A cooking job.
(d) Stage work.

2. What German word does The Moth explain to Rachel and Nathaniel that means "heavy"?
(a) Korpulent.
(b) Hoch.
(c) Schwer.
(d) Lang.

3. How does Nathaniel manage to escape from his pursuers in the underground?
(a) He runs very fast to get away.
(b) He does a spell to ward off the attackers.
(c) He has his pocket knife with him and stabs one of the men.
(d) He knows the buttons and levers in the lift, so he kicked the brake up to start the lift moving again and escaped.

4. Who visits Nathniel's house and tells stories of using a smoker normally used for calming bees in innovative ways?
(a) The Moth.
(b) The Darter.
(c) Mr. Nkoma.
(d) Mr. Florence.

5. How long after Rose's death is Nathaniel invited to apply for work at the Foreign Office?
(a) 8 years.
(b) 2 years.
(c) A decade.
(d) 5 years.

6. Who is killed protecting Nathaniel and Rachel outside the Bark Theater?
(a) Arthur McCash.
(b) The Darter.
(c) Their father.
(d) The Moth.

7. What was Nathaniel's work for the Foreign Office referred to generally as?
(a) The Great Reckoning.
(b) The Good Works Hour.
(c) The Silent Correction.
(d) The Youthful Vengeance.

8. How do Nathaniel's mother's parents die?
(a) They are killed in the war by a bombing.
(b) In a car crash.
(c) They each die of cancer.
(d) In a fire.

9. Why does Agnes faint one night at work in the section titled "The Mussel Boat"?
(a) She is pregnant.
(b) She has epilepsy.
(c) She has low blood pressure.
(d) The frozen ham she is hiding in her armpit gives her hypothermia.

10. Who do Rachel and Nathaniel travel on the Thames with in the section titled "The Mussel Boat"?
(a) Their mother.
(b) The Moth.
(c) Arthur McCash.
(d) The Darter.

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

12. What kind of garden does the house Nathaniel buys in Suffolk have?
(a) A maze garden.
(b) A walled garden.
(c) A bonsai garden.
(d) A waterfall garden.

13. Where does Nathaniel go immediately after the attack at the Bark Theater?
(a) To a boarding school in America.
(b) To live with a family in Scotland.
(c) To live with a family in Italy.
(d) To a boarding school in Ireland.

14. What does Nathaniel's sister do when they realize their mother has lied to them in the section titled "Hell-Fire"?
(a) She leaves the house without telling anyone where she is going.
(b) She writes an angry letter to her father.
(c) She sets out to look for her mother.
(d) She cuts her wrist.

15. What do the men who seize Rachel and Nathaniel outside the Bark Theater drug them with?
(a) Ether.
(b) Morphine.
(c) Amphetamines.
(d) Chloroform.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is The Darter's real name?

2. Why does Nathaniel really not want Agnes to meet his parents?

3. What is a rumor that Nathaniel hears about Arthur McCash?

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

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

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