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1. Why do Nathaniel and Rachel refer to Walter as The Moth?

Nathaniel and Rachel refer to Walter as The Moth because he is large and his shy movements remind them of a moth's movements.

2. What does Nathaniel especially remember about his visit to his father's Unilever office?

Nathaniel especially remembers the maps on the wall of his father's Unilever office.

3. Just before Nathaniel's mother departs for Singapore, what does she start telling the children for the first time?

Just before Nathaniel's mother departs for Singapore, she starts telling the children stories about her childhood in the Suffolk countryside.

4. What story does Nathaniel's mother tell her children about the family of roofers who worked on her childhood home?

Nathaniel's mother tells her children that the youngest son in the family of roofers who worked on her childhood home fell off the roof and broke his hip, so he had to stay in her house for weeks until it healed because they could not move him.

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