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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III (pages 101 - 134).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who does Nathaniel buy a house from in Suffolk?
(a) Mrs. Malakite.
(b) Olive Lawrence.
(c) The Darter.
(d) Marsh Felon.

3. Where did Nathaniel's mother grow up?
(a) Corning.
(b) Suffolk.
(c) The Cotswolds.
(d) Cornwall.

4. What does Arthur McCash tell Nathaniel that Nathaniel's mother is doing?
(a) Spy work.
(b) Something important.
(c) Government work.
(d) Assassin work.

5. Who finds Rachel hiding with The Darter at the Bark Theater?
(a) The Moth.
(b) Arthur McCash.
(c) Nathaniel's mother.
(d) Marsh Felon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What song does The Darter habitually hum as he and Nathaniel travel on the barge?

2. Which of the men whose care Nathaniel and Rachel are left in does Rachel prefer?

3. What job did The Moth and Nathaniel's mother do together during the war?

4. What story does The Moth tell Nathaniel about his mother during the war in the section titled "A Table Full of Strangers"?

5. Where does Nathaniel start his first paying job?

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