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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. What does Nathaniel's mother say when he first sees the red scars all along her arm?
(a) That she got burned cooking during the war.
(b) That it had been part of her training by the British government.
(c) That it is nothing, just the street of small daggers.
(d) That she had cut herself out of anxiety and fear.

2. What is the phrase Rose writes in her journal about the person she fears will one day come to kill her?
(a) When he comes, he will be like an Englishman.
(b) I am on my guard all the time, even in sleep.
(c) They will never forget their vengeance.
(d) I will never hear her coming.

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

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

5. How does Rose choose to protect Nathaniel after she leaves the British Intelligence Service?
(a) She asks Nathaniel's father to come back to England and watch over him from a distance.
(b) She pays private coaches to teach Nathaniel to defend himself.
(c) She persuades the local gardener, Sam Malakite, to watch over him.
(d) She accepts the help of professional bodyguards from the British government.

Short Answer Questions

1. What general area of life does Marsh Felon have a particularly good knowledge of?

2. What is Rose's reaction when Nathaniel mentions that Olive Lawrence was an ethnographer?

3. What does The Moth suggest Nathaniel do during school holidays at the end of the section titled "Hell-Fire"?

4. What does Nathaniel remember most about visiting his father's office with him one night?

5. Who is Nathaniel's sister?

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