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

2. What radio program does Nathaniel's mother listen to on Saturdays?
(a) This is Your Life.
(b) The Naturalist's Hour.
(c) The Perfect World.
(d) War Stories.

3. What wisdom does Olive Lawrence murmur to Nathaniel that comes back to him as an adult?
(a) We need other people to fill in what we can not remember ourselves.
(b) Forgive your parents their sins, for you do not know what they have suffered.
(c) The past is a foreign country.
(d) The self is not the principal thing.

4. Who do Rachel and Nathaniel travel on the Thames with in the section titled "The Mussel Boat"?
(a) Arthur McCash.
(b) The Darter.
(c) Their mother.
(d) The Moth.

5. What was the boy's name who fell through Nathaniel's mother's roof as a child?
(a) Walter.
(b) Marsh.
(c) Norman.
(d) Arthur.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Agnes draw on for the sketch that she gives to Nathaniel in the section titled "Agnes Street"?

3. What kind of part-time job does Rachel get in the section titled "The Mussel Boat"?

4. What does Agnes tell Nathaniel she lies awake at night and wishes for?

5. Why does Nathaniel introduce The Darter to Agnes as his father?

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