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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (pages 135 - 180).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Nathaniel and his sister go shortly after their mother leaves for Singapore?
(a) To live with grandparents.
(b) Boarding school.
(c) To live with an aunt.
(d) To an orphanage in America.

2. Who does Nathaniel tell about what happens to him in the underground that scares him?
(a) Rachel.
(b) The Moth.
(c) His mother.
(d) The Darter.

3. Where does The Darter take one of his girlfriends that Nathaniel gets to know well on their first date?
(a) To a puppet show.
(b) An art museum.
(c) A Greek restaurant.
(d) A cemetery.

4. Who is killed protecting Nathaniel and Rachel outside the Bark Theater?
(a) The Darter.
(b) Their father.
(c) Arthur McCash.
(d) The Moth.

5. What does The Darter tell Nathaniel he once did to ensure he did not lose a bet at the race track?
(a) Shot one of the dogs.
(b) Poisoned one of the dogs.
(c) Threw a bunny rabbit on the track.
(d) Threw a live cat on the track.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Rose's reaction when Nathaniel mentions that Olive Lawrence was an ethnographer?

3. Why does Agnes faint one night at work in the section titled "The Mussel Boat"?

4. What is Nathaniel's first girlfriend's reaction when he tells her his first name?

5. What does Rose do when she learns a stranger has moved into White Paint?

(see the answer key)

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