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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. Which illness does Rachel develop as a child?
(a) Diabetes.
(b) Asthma.
(c) Cystic Fibrosis.
(d) Epilepsy.

2. What is The Moth's real name?
(a) Walter.
(b) Arthur.
(c) Marsh.
(d) Norman.

3. Who is Nathaniel's sister?
(a) Rose.
(b) Jennifer.
(c) Viola.
(d) Rachel.

4. What was Nathaniel's work for the Foreign Office referred to generally as?
(a) The Good Works Hour.
(b) The Youthful Vengeance.
(c) The Great Reckoning.
(d) The Silent Correction.

5. Where does The Darter take one of his girlfriends that Nathaniel gets to know well on their first date?
(a) A cemetery.
(b) A Greek restaurant.
(c) An art museum.
(d) To a puppet show.

Short Answer Questions

1. What nighttime activity do Nathaniel and Rachel partake of with Olive Lawrence?

2. What does the stranger in the cinema give to Rachel when she has a seizure to help her?

3. What does The Darter tell Nathaniel he once did to ensure he did not lose a bet at the race track?

4. Where does The Moth almost exclusively eat?

5. Why does Agnes think Nathaniel does not want her to meet his parents?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What story does Nathaniel's mother tell her children about the family of roofers who worked on her childhood home?

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

5. What happens to Nathaniel and Rachel in the beginning of the section titled "Schwer"?

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

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

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

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

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

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