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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Nathaniel's mother's nickname for Nathaniel's sister?
(a) Hen.
(b) Warbler.
(c) Robin.
(d) Wren.

2. What radio program does Nathaniel's mother listen to on Saturdays?
(a) The Naturalist's Hour.
(b) The Perfect World.
(c) This is Your Life.
(d) War Stories.

3. About how long do the people who work on the same project as Nathaniel in the Foreign Office stay in their positions?
(a) About 3 years.
(b) About 5 years.
(c) About a year.
(d) About 10 years.

4. What do the men who seize Rachel and Nathaniel outside the Bark Theater drug them with?
(a) Amphetamines.
(b) Chloroform.
(c) Ether.
(d) Morphine.

5. 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 driving men to the coast through the night.
(b) The Moth tells Nathaniel about his mother's interrogation skills.
(c) The Moth tells Nathaniel about his mother breaking a difficult code.
(d) The Moth tells Nathaniel about his mother killing enemy soldiers.

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

7. Why does Agnes think Nathaniel does not want her to meet his parents?
(a) She is working-class.
(b) She is too young.
(c) She is too old.
(d) She is ugly.

8. Why does Nathaniel really not want Agnes to meet his parents?
(a) Agnes is too young.
(b) He feels Agnes is not really attractive.
(c) Agnes is working-class and that embarrasses him.
(d) They are out of the country and he does not even know where they are.

9. What song does The Darter habitually hum as he and Nathaniel travel on the barge?
(a) Show Boat.
(b) Weary of War.
(c) But Not For Me.
(d) Battle Hymn of the Republic.

10. Who appears at Nathaniel's house for the first time the day after his frightening episode in the underground?
(a) Sam Malakite.
(b) His father.
(c) The Darter.
(d) Arthur McCash.

11. Who is killed protecting Nathaniel and Rachel outside the Bark Theater?
(a) The Darter.
(b) Their father.
(c) The Moth.
(d) Arthur McCash.

12. What does Agnes tell Nathaniel she lies awake at night and wishes for?
(a) A mansion.
(b) A fortune.
(c) A large pearl.
(d) A plane to fly away in.

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

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

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does The Darter tell Nathaniel he once did to ensure he did not lose a bet at the race track?

2. Why does Nathaniel introduce The Darter to Agnes as his father?

3. Which of the men whose care Nathaniel and Rachel are left in does Nathaniel most prefer?

4. What does Nathaniel's mother tell the person tasked with finding Rachel at the Bark Theater to call out to get her to show herself?

5. Which illness does Rachel develop as a child?

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