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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rachel tell Nathaniel about her feelings about their childhood?
(a) She will never forgive their father.
(b) She has managed to forgive their mother.
(c) The Darter used to hit her to discipline her.
(d) They were both damaged.

2. What name is Marsh Felon sometimes known by?
(a) James Bond.
(b) Long-Flew Knife.
(c) The Rooftop Jumper.
(d) The Ghost.

3. Who is really the biological father of The Darter's daughter?
(a) Marsh Felon.
(b) The Moth.
(c) Arthur McCash.
(d) Nathaniel.

4. What was the newspaper that the local Reverend produced?
(a) The Quinn Conversation.
(b) The Moggs Journal.
(c) The Mint Light.
(d) The Richmond Record.

5. Where do Rose and Marsh Felon have their only sexually intimate encounter?
(a) In Ruvigny Gardens.
(b) During the war in a small town in Italy.
(c) At Marsh's house near White Paint.
(d) In Rose's house in White Paint.

6. What does Sam Malakite say to Nathaniel when he tells Malakite he was shy in his youth?
(a) You are only introverted.
(b) You have a quiet heart.
(c) You are more gregarious than you give yourself credit for.
(d) You are like a wren who is building his nest.

7. What is the only thing Rachel will say about Rose after the incident at the Bark Theater?
(a) "I have issues with my mother."
(b) "My mother betrayed us."
(c) "I hate my mother."
(d) "I love my mother, but I can not be around her."

8. Who is really The Darter's wife?
(a) Maria.
(b) Florence.
(c) Agnes, Nathaniel's teenage girlfriend.
(d) Rachel.

9. What does Marsh Felon make for Rose when he stays in her family's house?
(a) Wallpaper.
(b) Fishing lures.
(c) A hat.
(d) Short stories.

10. If Nathaniel had had the chance to ask his mother what she had done that was so terrible during the war, what does he imagine her answering?
(a) My sins are various.
(b) Everyone does awful things in the fog of war.
(c) I killed people.
(d) I can not bear to talk about it.

11. What does Rose do when she learns a stranger has moved into White Paint?
(a) Sets booby traps all around her own house.
(b) Breaks into the stranger's house and steals a lock of hair for analysis.
(c) Gathers information about the stranger from others in town, including the postman.
(d) Takes the stranger's fingerprints in secret.

12. Where does Sophie work?
(a) At a design firm.
(b) At the post office.
(c) At a bakery.
(d) At a munitions factory.

13. Who drives Rose back to London after her parents' funeral?
(a) Her husband.
(b) Sam Malakite.
(c) Marsh Felon.
(d) Nathaniel.

14. How does Nathaniel finally track down The Darter?
(a) He bribes someone at the government ministry.
(b) He looks through the archives' files on all their drivers and finds The Darter's picture there.
(c) He finds a business card with his phone number.
(d) He finds The Darter's contact information hidden in his mother's desk.

15. Why do Nathaniel and Rachel live with Rose's mother during the war for a time?
(a) So they are safer from the Blitz that is happening in London.
(b) So they will not be kidnapped.
(c) So they can get a better education.
(d) So they will not witness their father's health decline.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of floor is in Rose Williams' house in White Paint?

2. Who taught Nathaniel how to pick the locks of filing cabinets in his youth?

3. What street in Naples does Rose find herself on after her escape from captivity?

4. Why do the inhabitants of The Saints take down the road signs during the war?

5. Who is the woman who first recruits Marsh Felon for the British Intelligence Service?

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