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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (pages 181 - 244).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do Nathaniel and Rachel live with Rose's mother during the war for a time?
(a) So they can get a better education.
(b) So they are safer from the Blitz that is happening in London.
(c) So they will not be kidnapped.
(d) So they will not witness their father's health decline.

2. What does Marsh Felon make for Rose when he stays in her family's house?
(a) Short stories.
(b) Fishing lures.
(c) A hat.
(d) Wallpaper.

3. What was Nathaniel's work for the Foreign Office referred to generally as?
(a) The Good Works Hour.
(b) The Youthful Vengeance.
(c) The Great Reckoning.
(d) The Silent Correction.

4. What does the person who finds Rose Williams' body do after he finds her?
(a) Tries to revive her.
(b) Cleans up the house and the scene of the crime.
(c) Washes her body.
(d) Moves her body, then calls the number she had given him.

5. Why does Agnes faint one night at work in the section titled "The Mussel Boat"?
(a) The frozen ham she is hiding in her armpit gives her hypothermia.
(b) She has low blood pressure.
(c) She is pregnant.
(d) She has epilepsy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who helps Nathaniel when Rachel has a seizure?

2. What does Nathaniel say when he hears Mr. Malakite has died?

3. Which character does Nathaniel hear stories of young sexual exploits from at one of his holiday jobs as a young boy?

4. What kind of floor is in Rose Williams' house in White Paint?

5. Where did Nathaniel's mother grow up?

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