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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. What happens to Nathaniel one night in the underground that shakes him and scares him?
(a) He thinks he sees his mother.
(b) He thinks he sees a ghost.
(c) Two men try to accost him in the lift.
(d) He is stabbed by a young girl.

2. Which illness does Rachel develop as a child?
(a) Diabetes.
(b) Asthma.
(c) Cystic Fibrosis.
(d) Epilepsy.

3. What does Rachel tell Nathaniel about her feelings about their childhood?
(a) She has managed to forgive their mother.
(b) She will never forgive their father.
(c) The Darter used to hit her to discipline her.
(d) They were both damaged.

4. What does the stranger in the cinema give to Rachel when she has a seizure to help her?
(a) A wallet to put in her mouth.
(b) An ice cream.
(c) A shot of some medication.
(d) A bracelet to identify her illness.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Agnes do the first time she goes on the barge with Nathaniel and The Darter?

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

3. What is The Darter's real name?

4. Which book do Nathaniel and his sister imitate in tracking their mother across London before she leaves on her trip to Singapore?

5. What does Nathaniel's mother say when he first sees the red scars all along her arm?

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