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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the men whose care Nathaniel and Rachel are left in does Nathaniel most prefer?
(a) The Moth.
(b) Marsh Felon.
(c) Arthur McCash.
(d) The Darter.

2. Who is Nathaniel's sister?
(a) Rose.
(b) Jennifer.
(c) Viola.
(d) Rachel.

3. Who does Nathaniel think he catches a glimpse of at the dance club in Bromley?
(a) His mother.
(b) Rachel.
(c) His father.
(d) The Darter.

4. Which book do Nathaniel and his sister imitate in tracking their mother across London before she leaves on her trip to Singapore?
(a) The Last of The Mohicans.
(b) Madame Bovary.
(c) Great Expectations.
(d) The Woman in White.

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

6. What does Nathaniel remember most about visiting his father's office with him one night?
(a) The animals all around.
(b) The large maps on the wall.
(c) The doorman's uniform.
(d) The secretaries' smiles.

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

8. What does Olive Lawrence seem capable of to Nathaniel that none of the other visitors to his house seem capable of?
(a) Cooking.
(b) Clear judgement.
(c) Talking to children.
(d) Money management.

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

10. What does Agnes do the first time she goes on the barge with Nathaniel and The Darter?
(a) She jumps into the water and swims to shore.
(b) She shouts to everyone on the shore to join them.
(c) She begs to stop at her old school.
(d) She releases all the greyhounds.

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

12. What story does The Moth tell Nathaniel about his mother during the war in the section titled "A Table Full of Strangers"?
(a) The Moth tells Nathaniel about his mother killing enemy soldiers.
(b) The Moth tells Nathaniel about his mother driving men to the coast through the night.
(c) The Moth tells Nathaniel about his mother's interrogation skills.
(d) The Moth tells Nathaniel about his mother breaking a difficult code.

13. Where does The Moth almost exclusively eat?
(a) From street barrows.
(b) Out of trash cans.
(c) At one Italian restaurant.
(d) At his mother's house.

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

15. Where do Nathaniel and Agnes meet to have sex?
(a) Nathaniel's house.
(b) Vacant houses Agnes's brother, an estate agent, has access to.
(c) Churches.
(d) Restaurant bathrooms.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is killed protecting Nathaniel and Rachel outside the Bark Theater?

2. What does the stranger in the cinema give to Rachel when she has a seizure to help her?

3. What is The Moth's real name?

4. What is the name of the dance club in Bromley where Nathaniel takes Agnes one night?

5. Where does Nathaniel start his first paying job?

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