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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. About how long do the people who work on the same project as Nathaniel in the Foreign Office stay in their positions?
(a) About 3 years.
(b) About a year.
(c) About 5 years.
(d) About 10 years.

2. What does the person who finds Rose Williams' body do after he finds her?
(a) Tries to revive her.
(b) Washes her body.
(c) Cleans up the house and the scene of the crime.
(d) Moves her body, then calls the number she had given him.

3. Who does Nathaniel tell about what happens to him in the underground that scares him?
(a) The Darter.
(b) His mother.
(c) The Moth.
(d) Rachel.

4. What is Marsh Felon's connection to the woman who first recruits him for the British Intelligence Service?
(a) She is his cousin.
(b) She is is aunt.
(c) He saved her brother from falling off a roof.
(d) He took a class of hers at the university.

5. What program does Marsh Felon host on BBC Radio?
(a) The Sea Green Walk.
(b) The Naturalist's Hour.
(c) The Hedgehog's Burrow.
(d) Flora and Fauna of the English Countryside.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kinds of criminals does Nathaniel meet during his work on the Thames with The Darter?

2. What does Olive Lawrence seem capable of to Nathaniel that none of the other visitors to his house seem capable of?

3. What is the phrase that refers to a high perspective that lets a person see into usually hidden distances?

4. What story does Arthur McCash tell Nathaniel he must give him?

5. What author does Rose Williams have a particular fondness for?

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