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

2. What is Nathaniel's mother's nickname for Nathaniel's sister?
(a) Robin.
(b) Hen.
(c) Wren.
(d) Warbler.

3. What does Nathaniel remember most about visiting his father's office with him one night?
(a) The doorman's uniform.
(b) The large maps on the wall.
(c) The animals all around.
(d) The secretaries' smiles.

4. What is The Darter's real name?
(a) Norman Marshall.
(b) Sam Malakite.
(c) Marsh Felon.
(d) Arthur McCash.

5. What does Nathaniel's sister show him that casts doubt on their mother's whereabouts in the section titled "Hell-Fire"?
(a) She finds a letter from their mother to The Moth saying she is in Italy.
(b) She finds a letter from their father telling them not to trust their mother.
(c) She finds their mother's passport tucked in a drawer.
(d) She finds their mother's steamer trunk stowed in the basement of their house.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does The Moth work?

2. Where did Nathaniel's mother grow up?

3. What kind of luggage does Nathaniel's mother make a great show of packing?

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

5. How do Nathaniel's mother's parents die?

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