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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What song does The Darter habitually hum as he and Nathaniel travel on the barge?
(a) Show Boat.
(b) Battle Hymn of the Republic.
(c) But Not For Me.
(d) Weary of War.

2. Where does Nathaniel go immediately after the attack at the Bark Theater?
(a) To a boarding school in America.
(b) To a boarding school in Ireland.
(c) To live with a family in Italy.
(d) To live with a family in Scotland.

3. Why does Agnes think Nathaniel does not want her to meet his parents?
(a) She is too young.
(b) She is ugly.
(c) She is working-class.
(d) She is too old.

4. Why does Agnes faint one night at work in the section titled "The Mussel Boat"?
(a) She is pregnant.
(b) She has epilepsy.
(c) She has low blood pressure.
(d) The frozen ham she is hiding in her armpit gives her hypothermia.

5. What was the boy's name who fell through Nathaniel's mother's roof as a child?
(a) Marsh.
(b) Arthur.
(c) Walter.
(d) Norman.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the men whose care Nathaniel and Rachel are left in does Rachel prefer?

2. What is The Moth's real name?

3. Who do Nathaniel and his sister find in their house in London when they arrive after running away from school?

4. What does Olive Lawrence tell Nathaniel and Rachel she does for a living?

5. What company does Nathaniel's father work for?

Short Essay Questions

1. Just before Nathaniel's mother departs for Singapore, what does she start telling the children for the first time?

2. Why do Nathaniel and Rachel refer to Walter as The Moth?

3. What does Arthur McCash tell Nathaniel that startles him when McCash surprises Nathaniel at Victoria Station?

4. How do Nathaniel and Rachel feel about becoming boarders at their new schools after their mother and father leave for Singapore in Chapter 1?

5. How does The Darter seem to feel about Agnes, and how does that in turn affect how Nathaniel feels about her?

6. What does Nathaniel especially remember about his visit to his father's Unilever office?

7. What does Olive insist that Rachel and Nathaniel do with her one evening?

8. What does Nathaniel remember about Rose packing her steamer trunk for her trip to Singapore?

9. How does The Moth react when Nathaniel and Rachel turn up unexpectedly at the house in London when they should be at school?

10. How does Nathaniel describe Olive Lawrence's personality?

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