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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. Which book do Nathaniel and his sister imitate in tracking their mother across London before she leaves on her trip to Singapore?
(a) Great Expectations.
(b) Madame Bovary.
(c) The Last of The Mohicans.
(d) The Woman in White.

2. What nickname do Nathaniel and his sister give to the man in charge of caring for them in the section titled "A Table Full of Strangers"?
(a) The Moth.
(b) The Hand.
(c) The Greyhound.
(d) The Eye.

3. What does Nathaniel's sister do when they realize their mother has lied to them in the section titled "Hell-Fire"?
(a) She sets out to look for her mother.
(b) She writes an angry letter to her father.
(c) She leaves the house without telling anyone where she is going.
(d) She cuts her wrist.

4. 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.

5. What story does The Moth tell Nathaniel about his mother during the war in the section titled "A Table Full of Strangers"?
(a) The Moth tells Nathaniel about his mother's interrogation skills.
(b) The Moth tells Nathaniel about his mother driving men to the coast through the night.
(c) The Moth tells Nathaniel about his mother killing enemy soldiers.
(d) The Moth tells Nathaniel about his mother breaking a difficult code.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Who visits Nathniel's house and tells stories of using a smoker normally used for calming bees in innovative ways?

5. Who is Nathaniel's sister?

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