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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the phrase that refers to a high perspective that lets a person see into usually hidden distances?
(a) 360 Degree technique.
(b) Seeing Through the Walls technique.
(c) Lost-roof technique.
(d) Nightingale Window technique.

3. What does Nathaniel find he has a particular talent for?
(a) Code-breaking.
(b) Learning foreign languages.
(c) Physics.
(d) Drawing.

4. What kind of list about their father did Nathaniel write as a kind of a joke and send to Rachel?
(a) A list of possible fates that could have befallen their father.
(b) A list of possible dishes their father could be cooking.
(c) A list of possible aliases their father could be using.
(d) A list of possible women their father could have married.

5. Who does Nathaniel hear on a tape during his work in the archives whose voice he recognizes?
(a) Marsh Felon.
(b) Rose Williams, his mother.
(c) Arthur McCash.
(d) The Darter.

6. Why does Nathaniel bang a pot upon entering his mother's house after she dies?
(a) Because he thinks it is good luck.
(b) To follow a tradition she followed, to scare away a "rat."
(c) Because he thinks his mother would want him to do that.
(d) Because he thinks there are thieves there.

7. What does Nathaniel think The Darter's daughter's name is?
(a) Agnes.
(b) Pearl.
(c) Sophie.
(d) Maria.

8. What does Nathaniel say when he hears Mr. Malakite has died?
(a) Once a farmer, always a farmer.
(b) Only in open fields.
(c) A man of nature is a gentle man.
(d) He was a good man.

9. What game does Rose teach Nathaniel to play in White Paint?
(a) Poker.
(b) Chess.
(c) Bridge.
(d) Cricket.

10. What does the Italian word acquedotto mean?
(a) A pond.
(b) A drain.
(c) A river.
(d) An ocean.

11. How does Rose choose to protect Nathaniel after she leaves the British Intelligence Service?
(a) She accepts the help of professional bodyguards from the British government.
(b) She asks Nathaniel's father to come back to England and watch over him from a distance.
(c) She pays private coaches to teach Nathaniel to defend himself.
(d) She persuades the local gardener, Sam Malakite, to watch over him.

12. What is the only thing Rachel will say about Rose after the incident at the Bark Theater?
(a) "My mother betrayed us."
(b) "I love my mother, but I can not be around her."
(c) "I hate my mother."
(d) "I have issues with my mother."

13. What happens to Nathaniel's father after he leaves for Singapore during Nathaniel's childhood?
(a) He is killed by robbers.
(b) He dies in a drowning accident.
(c) Nathaniel never finds out.
(d) He marries another woman and has a second family.

14. What is the saying Rose has heard about Naples, Italy?
(a) There are always miracles here.
(b) There is always a friend nearby.
(c) You can hide in the shadows.
(d) The wolves run this city.

15. What does Rachel tell Nathaniel about her feelings about their childhood?
(a) They were both damaged.
(b) She has managed to forgive their mother.
(c) She will never forgive their father.
(d) The Darter used to hit her to discipline her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote the line on Rose Williams' gravestone?

2. How does Arthur McCash greet Nathaniel when he encounters him for the first time as an adult working in the archives?

3. How does Nathaniel finally track down The Darter?

4. What does Marsh Felon teach a young Rose Williams how to do in the section titled "Wildfowling"?

5. If Nathaniel had had the chance to ask his mother what she had done that was so terrible during the war, what does he imagine her answering?

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