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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What poet does Marsh Felon read a work from during his BBC radio program that is a mediation on the destruction war wreaks on the natural world?
(a) Robert Louis Stevenson.
(b) William Wordsworth.
(c) Henry Longfellow.
(d) Thomas Hardy.

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

3. Who finds Rose Williams after she died?
(a) Sam Malakite.
(b) Nathaniel.
(c) Marsh Felon.
(d) Mrs. Malakite.

4. Who is really The Darter's wife?
(a) Maria.
(b) Rachel.
(c) Agnes, Nathaniel's teenage girlfriend.
(d) Florence.

5. What does Nathaniel find in one of the books on his mother's shelf in White Paint?
(a) A love letter from Marsh Felon.
(b) A hand-drawn map of a chalk hill.
(c) A love letter from his father.
(d) A large amount of money.

6. What is Rose's reaction when Nathaniel mentions that Olive Lawrence was an ethnographer?
(a) She says Olive was the most talented spy she knew.
(b) She says Olive was actually a double-agent working for the Russians.
(c) She indignantly states that Olive was not just an ethnographer.
(d) She says Olive was actually a brilliant code-breaker at Bletchley Park.

7. What street in Naples does Rose find herself on after her escape from captivity?
(a) The street of three exits.
(b) The street of small daggers.
(c) Via Napoli.
(d) Via Veneto.

8. What program does Marsh Felon host on BBC Radio?
(a) The Hedgehog's Burrow.
(b) The Sea Green Walk.
(c) Flora and Fauna of the English Countryside.
(d) The Naturalist's Hour.

9. 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 mother's maiden name, which is her code name.
(c) By her first name only.
(d) By her last name only.

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

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

12. What injury does Marsh Felon sustain in his fall from Rose's roof?
(a) Two broken legs.
(b) A broken hip.
(c) A broken neck.
(d) A broken arm.

13. What does Nathaniel find in his mother's walnut desk after she dies?
(a) A journal from the war office.
(b) A framed picture of Rachel he had never seen before.
(c) A large amount of money.
(d) A collection of passports from different countries.

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

15. Who from Nathaniel's past has produced a television documentary he wants to watch?
(a) The Darter.
(b) Olive Lawrence.
(c) Arthur McCash.
(d) The Moth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What name is Marsh Felon sometimes known by?

2. What happens to Nathaniel's father after he leaves for Singapore during Nathaniel's childhood?

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

4. Where do Rose and Marsh Felon have their only sexually intimate encounter?

5. What does the person who finds Rose Williams' body do after he finds her?

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