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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 kind of job is Nathaniel offered at the Foreign Office?
(a) To do cartography work.
(b) To do top-secret spy work.
(c) To review files in the archives covering the war and post-war years.
(d) To translate for high-level agents.

2. Where does Nathaniel start his first paying job?
(a) In the laundry room of The Criterion.
(b) In the sound room at the BBC radio station.
(c) In the fields of a local farm.
(d) In the kitchen of La Mia Amici.

3. What happens to Nathaniel and Agnes on the city bus at the end of the section titled "Agnes Street"?
(a) They are harassed by school children.
(b) They are arrested.
(c) They are followed by several men.
(d) They are robbed.

4. Where does The Darter invite Agnes on one of their first outings?
(a) To the greyhound track.
(b) To Ruvigny Gardens.
(c) To the theater.
(d) To a concert.

5. What does the man Nathaniel knows as The Darter seem most interested in in his conversations with The Moth?
(a) Cards.
(b) Racing dogs.
(c) Bird-watching.
(d) Weapons.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nathaniel's sister show him that casts doubt on their mother's whereabouts in the section titled "Hell-Fire"?

2. How long after Rose's death is Nathaniel invited to apply for work at the Foreign Office?

3. What does Nathaniel's mother tell the person tasked with finding Rachel at the Bark Theater to call out to get her to show herself?

4. What is The Moth's real name?

5. Who appears at Nathaniel's house for the first time the day after his frightening episode in the underground?

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