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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was the one newspaper where Rose Williams' death was mentioned?
(a) The Mint Light.
(b) The Richmond Record.
(c) The Guardian.
(d) The Quinn Courant.

3. What kinds of sandwiches does Mrs. Malakite make for Mr. Malakite and Nathaniel?
(a) Turkey and stuffing.
(b) Egg and tuna fish.
(c) Ham and lettuce.
(d) Tomato, cheese, onion, and honey.

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 sharply-dressed Englishman summarily executed her.
(c) He imagines a young woman came and shot his mother in her greenhouse.
(d) He imagines a child was sent to kill his mother.

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

6. What book makes Marsh Felon curious about climbing roofs as a young man?
(a) Keeping Your Balance in Tight Spots.
(b) Slate and Brick: A Guide to Rooftop Agility.
(c) Watch Out For the Chimneys!
(d) The Roof-Climber's Guide to Trinity.

7. Who taught Nathaniel how to pick the locks of filing cabinets in his youth?
(a) Same Malakite.
(b) A veterinarian whom he encountered during his work with The Darter.
(c) His mother.
(d) Arthur McCash.

8. What rank does Nathaniel's grandfather, his mother's father, eventually attain?
(a) Colonel.
(b) Lieutenant.
(c) Captain.
(d) Admiral.

9. 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?
(a) I can not bear to talk about it.
(b) My sins are various.
(c) I killed people.
(d) Everyone does awful things in the fog of war.

10. What is Mr. Malakite's disposition?
(a) He is lethargic and laconic.
(b) He has wild mood swings.
(c) He is quick to anger.
(d) He is easygoing and reliable.

11. Where do Rose and Marsh Felon have their only sexually intimate encounter?
(a) In Ruvigny Gardens.
(b) At Marsh's house near White Paint.
(c) During the war in a small town in Italy.
(d) In Rose's house in White Paint.

12. How does Marsh Felon feel about Rose?
(a) He does not like her, but he realizes she is talented.
(b) He is sworn to protect her through a promise he made to her father.
(c) He loves her like a sister.
(d) He is sexually attracted to her.

13. Who drives Rose back to London after her parents' funeral?
(a) Nathaniel.
(b) Sam Malakite.
(c) Her husband.
(d) Marsh Felon.

14. What does the person who finds Rose Williams' body do after he finds her?
(a) Moves her body, then calls the number she had given him.
(b) Cleans up the house and the scene of the crime.
(c) Tries to revive her.
(d) Washes her body.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is one of the last things that Nathaniel says to his mother Rose before she dies?

3. What does Rose do when she learns a stranger has moved into White Paint?

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

5. Why would Rose Williams remember September?

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