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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Agnes draw on for the sketch that she gives to Nathaniel in the section titled "Agnes Street"?
(a) A business card.
(b) Butcher paper.
(c) A napkin.
(d) A slate.

2. Who visits Nathniel's house and tells stories of using a smoker normally used for calming bees in innovative ways?
(a) Mr. Nkoma.
(b) Mr. Florence.
(c) The Darter.
(d) The Moth.

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?
(a) Maria.
(b) Sophie.
(c) Agnes.
(d) Ethel.

4. What job did The Moth and Nathaniel's mother do together during the war?
(a) They were "fire watchers."
(b) They were assassins.
(c) They were medics.
(d) They were code breakers.

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

6. What kinds of creatures does the owner of the house Nathaniel buys in Suffolk keep?
(a) Dogs.
(b) Rabbits.
(c) Bees.
(d) Hens.

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

8. How does Nathaniel manage to escape from his pursuers in the underground?
(a) He knows the buttons and levers in the lift, so he kicked the brake up to start the lift moving again and escaped.
(b) He has his pocket knife with him and stabs one of the men.
(c) He runs very fast to get away.
(d) He does a spell to ward off the attackers.

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

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

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

12. Where does Rachel go immediately after the attack at the Bark Theater?
(a) To a boarding school in America.
(b) To a boarding school near the Welsh border.
(c) To live in an nunnery.
(d) To live with a family in Ireland.

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

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

15. What surprises Nathaniel and Rachel when they see how The Darter moves on the boat on the Thames?
(a) How often he slips off the boat, given that he can not swim.
(b) How awkward he is.
(c) How afraid he is.
(d) How graceful he is.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the boy's name who fell through Nathaniel's mother's roof as a child?

2. Who are Nathaniel and Rachel with when they are abducted outside the Bark Theater?

3. Who do Nathaniel and his sister find in their house in London when they arrive after running away from school?

4. What does Agnes tell Nathaniel she lies awake at night and wishes for?

5. What company does Nathaniel's father work for?

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