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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was written on Rose Williams' gravestone?
(a) Here's to unsung heroes.
(b) Ashes to ashes, Dust to dust.
(c) I have travel'd thro' Perils and Darkness not unlike a Champion.
(d) Though I travel'd through the valley of the shadow I fear not.

2. What kind of a state does the narrator Nathaniel say one must be in to write a memoir in the section titled "The Saints"?
(a) An orphan state.
(b) A peaceful state.
(c) A heightened state.
(d) An agitated state.

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

4. Where does The Darter tell Nathaniel he had moved for a while?
(a) Glasgow.
(b) The midlands.
(c) France.
(d) Italy.

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

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

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

8. What author does Rose Williams have a particular fondness for?
(a) Balzac.
(b) Dickens.
(c) Wordsworth.
(d) Austen.

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

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

11. Who does Nathaniel have dinner with in the section titled "Arthur McCash," to ask questions about his childhood?
(a) Olive Lawrence.
(b) Arthur McCash.
(c) The Darter.
(d) The Moth.

12. What name is Marsh Felon sometimes known by?
(a) The Ghost.
(b) Long-Flew Knife.
(c) James Bond.
(d) The Rooftop Jumper.

13. How does Rose Williams refer to herself when speaking about herself to other British intelligence agents during her missions?
(a) In the third person, as if someone might be listening.
(b) By her first name only.
(c) By her last name only.
(d) By her mother's maiden name, which is her code name.

14. What is the term for a village that suffered no casualties during the war?
(a) A Blessed Village.
(b) A Cursed Village.
(c) A Thankful Village.
(d) A Lucky Village.

15. What does Sam Malakite say to Nathaniel when he tells Malakite he was shy in his youth?
(a) You are only introverted.
(b) You are more gregarious than you give yourself credit for.
(c) You have a quiet heart.
(d) You are like a wren who is building his nest.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Malakite do for a living?

2. What does Nathaniel find in his mother's walnut desk after she dies?

3. How does Nathaniel feels The Darter treats him when he goes to visit?

4. Why do the inhabitants of The Saints take down the road signs during the war?

5. What street in Naples does Rose find herself on after her escape from captivity?

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