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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does The Moth tell Nathaniel about his father in the section titled "Hell-Fire"?
(a) That Nathaniel's father is a talented spy.
(b) That Nathaniel's father once killed Nathaniel's pet cat.
(c) That Nathaniel's father has always hated dogs.
(d) That Nathaniel's father is likely dead by now.

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

4. What does The Darter tell Nathaniel he once did to ensure he did not lose a bet at the race track?
(a) Shot one of the dogs.
(b) Threw a bunny rabbit on the track.
(c) Poisoned one of the dogs.
(d) Threw a live cat on the track.

5. What kinds of creatures does the owner of the house Nathaniel buys in Suffolk keep?
(a) Hens.
(b) Bees.
(c) Dogs.
(d) Rabbits.

6. What does Agnes draw on for the sketch that she gives to Nathaniel in the section titled "Agnes Street"?
(a) A napkin.
(b) A slate.
(c) A business card.
(d) Butcher paper.

7. What nickname do Nathaniel and his sister give to the man in charge of caring for them in the section titled "A Table Full of Strangers"?
(a) The Moth.
(b) The Eye.
(c) The Greyhound.
(d) The Hand.

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

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

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

11. What does Agnes do the first time she goes on the barge with Nathaniel and The Darter?
(a) She shouts to everyone on the shore to join them.
(b) She releases all the greyhounds.
(c) She begs to stop at her old school.
(d) She jumps into the water and swims to shore.

12. What does Nathaniel's mother tell the person tasked with finding Rachel at the Bark Theater to call out to get her to show herself?
(a) Wren.
(b) Warbler.
(c) Robin.
(d) Stitch.

13. Who is Nathaniel's sister?
(a) Viola.
(b) Rachel.
(c) Rose.
(d) Jennifer.

14. 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.

15. Where does The Moth almost exclusively eat?
(a) At one Italian restaurant.
(b) Out of trash cans.
(c) At his mother's house.
(d) From street barrows.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of job is Nathaniel offered at the Foreign Office?

2. What does Nathaniel call the girl he meets at his restaurant job and starts a relationship with, though it is not her real name?

3. Where does The Darter take one of his girlfriends that Nathaniel gets to know well on their first date?

4. What does Nathaniel's sister do when they realize their mother has lied to them in the section titled "Hell-Fire"?

5. Which character does Nathaniel hear stories of young sexual exploits from at one of his holiday jobs as a young boy?

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