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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which character does Nathaniel hear stories of young sexual exploits from at one of his holiday jobs as a young boy?
(a) The Moth.
(b) Mr. Hessing.
(c) Mr. Nkoma.
(d) The Darter.

3. What is Nathaniel's mother's nickname for him?
(a) Darter.
(b) Stitch.
(c) Sweetheart.
(d) Moth.

4. 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.

5. How does The Darter feel about Agnes?
(a) He thinks she and Nathaniel are a terrible match.
(b) He loves her.
(c) He does not trust her.
(d) He does not like her.

6. Where does The Darter invite Agnes on one of their first outings?
(a) To the greyhound track.
(b) To the theater.
(c) To a concert.
(d) To Ruvigny Gardens.

7. What is Nathaniel's first girlfriend's reaction when he tells her his first name?
(a) She says it sounds French.
(b) She says her parents will hate it.
(c) She says it is posh.
(d) She says it is low-class.

8. What does The Darter smuggle on the Thames?
(a) Pornography.
(b) Drugs.
(c) Encrypted war communications.
(d) Greyhound dogs.

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

10. 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 steamer trunk stowed in the basement of their house.
(b) She finds their mother's passport tucked in a drawer.
(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.

11. Who do Nathaniel and his sister find in their house in London when they arrive after running away from school?
(a) The Moth and The Hen.
(b) The Darter and The Hen.
(c) The Darter and The Hand.
(d) The Moth and The Darter.

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

13. What does Arthur McCash tell Nathaniel that Nathaniel's mother is doing?
(a) Assassin work.
(b) Government work.
(c) Something important.
(d) Spy work.

14. How do Nathaniel's mother's parents die?
(a) In a fire.
(b) In a car crash.
(c) They each die of cancer.
(d) They are killed in the war by a bombing.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What nighttime activity do Nathaniel and Rachel partake of with Olive Lawrence?

2. Who helps Nathaniel when Rachel has a seizure?

3. What does Nathaniel call the girl he meets at his restaurant job and starts a relationship with, though it is not her real name?

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

5. What radio program does Nathaniel's mother listen to on Saturdays?

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