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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why would Rose Williams remember September?
(a) It was the month she had her first mission as a spy.
(b) It was the month when she and Marsh Felon had an affair.
(c) It was when she lost her first child.
(d) It was the month she was shot for the first time.

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

3. How does Nathaniel finally track down The Darter?
(a) He bribes someone at the government ministry.
(b) He finds a business card with his phone number.
(c) He looks through the archives' files on all their drivers and finds The Darter's picture there.
(d) He finds The Darter's contact information hidden in his mother's desk.

4. What does Nathaniel imagine Rose's death was like?
(a) He imagines a team of men came to assassinate her.
(b) He imagines a child was sent to kill his mother.
(c) He imagines a sharply-dressed Englishman summarily executed her.
(d) He imagines a young woman came and shot his mother in her greenhouse.

5. What does Nathaniel see on The Darter's wall that reveals what is really going on?
(a) An embroidered phrase that he remembers Agnes saying years earlier.
(b) A map of where The Darter was in the war.
(c) A photo of Agnes.
(d) A photo of Nathaniel's father.

6. 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.

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

8. What is one of the last things that Nathaniel says to his mother Rose before she dies?
(a) "What did you do during the war?"
(b) "This could be our last talk for a while."
(c) "We will not speak again."
(d) "I need answers."

9. Why do the inhabitants of The Saints take down the road signs during the war?
(a) To challenge the locals.
(b) To amuse themselves.
(c) To play a cruel trick on allied soldiers.
(d) To confuse enemy soldiers.

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

11. What is Marsh Felon's connection to the woman who first recruits him for the British Intelligence Service?
(a) She is is aunt.
(b) He saved her brother from falling off a roof.
(c) She is his cousin.
(d) He took a class of hers at the university.

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

13. What does Rachel invite Nathaniel to in the section titled "In the Archives"?
(a) Her wedding.
(b) Her puppet theater peformance.
(c) Her violin performance.
(d) Her child's christening.

14. Where do Rose and Marsh Felon go together after the war is over?
(a) The Vatican Museum.
(b) The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
(c) The Louvre.
(d) Bibliotheque Mazarine.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Marsh Felon make for Rose when he stays in her family's house?

2. How many children does The Darter tell Nathaniel he has?

3. What kind of list about their father did Nathaniel write as a kind of a joke and send to Rachel?

4. What had The Moth once promised Nathaniel sitting by the fire in Ruvigny Gardens?

5. Who is the woman who first recruits Marsh Felon for the British Intelligence Service?

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