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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part VI (pages 245 - 285).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Nathaniel's sister show him that casts doubt on their mother's whereabouts in the section titled "Hell-Fire"?
(a) She finds their mother's passport tucked in a drawer.
(b) She finds their mother's steamer trunk stowed in the basement of their house.
(c) She finds a letter from their father telling them not to trust their mother.
(d) She finds a letter from their mother to The Moth saying she is in Italy.

2. What kinds of sandwiches does Mrs. Malakite make for Mr. Malakite and Nathaniel?
(a) Tomato, cheese, onion, and honey.
(b) Egg and tuna fish.
(c) Turkey and stuffing.
(d) Ham and lettuce.

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

4. What does Marsh Felon use as a means to demonstrate to Rose the importance of knowing how to extract oneself from somewhere?
(a) A natural whirlpool.
(b) A groundhog burrow.
(c) An underground cave.
(d) An old wasp's nest.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Nathaniel's father after he leaves for Singapore during Nathaniel's childhood?

2. What street in London does Nathaniel live on as a child?

3. How does Nathaniel finally track down The Darter?

4. What is Nathaniel's living situation in the section titled "In the Archives"?

5. What poet does Marsh Felon read a work from during his BBC radio program that is a mediation on the destruction war wreaks on the natural world?

(see the answer key)

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