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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I (pages 1 - 50).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What street in London does Nathaniel live on as a child?
(a) Ruvigny Gardens.
(b) Paddington Road.
(c) Chatham Cross.
(d) Charring Cross.

2. In what year do Nathaniel's parents tell him they are traveling to Singapore?
(a) 1940.
(b) 1960.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1936.

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

4. Where do Nathaniel and his sister go shortly after their mother leaves for Singapore?
(a) To live with an aunt.
(b) Boarding school.
(c) To an orphanage in America.
(d) To live with grandparents.

5. What kind of luggage does Nathaniel's mother make a great show of packing?
(a) A steamer trunk.
(b) A leather briefcase.
(c) A wooden crate.
(d) A small canvas suitcase.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Nathaniel's mother's nickname for Nathaniel's sister?

2. What was the boy's name who fell through Nathaniel's mother's roof as a child?

3. Who do Nathaniel and his sister find in their house in London when they arrive after running away from school?

4. What does the man Nathaniel knows as The Darter seem most interested in in his conversations with The Moth?

5. Where did Nathaniel's mother grow up?

(see the answer key)

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