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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 does Arthur McCash tell Nathaniel that Nathaniel's mother is doing?
(a) Something important.
(b) Government work.
(c) Spy work.
(d) Assassin work.

2. What does Agnes do the first time she goes on the barge with Nathaniel and The Darter?
(a) She releases all the greyhounds.
(b) She begs to stop at her old school.
(c) She shouts to everyone on the shore to join them.
(d) She jumps into the water and swims to shore.

3. Who helps Nathaniel when Rachel has a seizure?
(a) Mr. Nkoma.
(b) The Darter.
(c) The Moth.
(d) Arthur McCash.

4. Which literary character does Nathaniel hear might be based on Arthur McCash later in his life?
(a) Sam Spade.
(b) Simon Boulderstone.
(c) James Bond.
(d) John La Carre.

5. How does The Darter feel about Agnes?
(a) He thinks she and Nathaniel are a terrible match.
(b) He loves her.
(c) He does not like her.
(d) He does not trust her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What story does Arthur McCash tell Nathaniel he must give him?

2. Where does The Darter take one of his girlfriends that Nathaniel gets to know well on their first date?

3. How does Nathaniel manage to escape from his pursuers in the underground?

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

5. What kind of part-time job does Rachel get in the section titled "The Mussel Boat"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Olive tell Nathaniel she will stay in touch with he and Rachel after she leaves London, and does she make good on her word?

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

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

4. What does Nathaniel tell Agnes to try to conceal the truth of his family situation?

5. What one memorable story does the Moth tell Nathaniel and Rachel about Rose during his time working with Rose in the war?

6. How is Arthur McCash different from other guests who had cycled through Ruvigny Gardens?

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

8. What does Nathaniel's and Rachel's brief time alone with their mother just before she leaves for Singapore feel like for Nathaniel?

9. What does Agnes leave in Nathaniel's trouser pocket at the end of the section titled Agnes Street?

10. How did The Moth react when The Darter and Olive Lawrence would fight?

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