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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. Who do Rachel and Nathaniel travel on the Thames with in the section titled "The Mussel Boat"?
(a) Their mother.
(b) The Moth.
(c) The Darter.
(d) Arthur McCash.

2. What does the man Nathaniel knows as The Darter seem most interested in in his conversations with The Moth?
(a) Racing dogs.
(b) Cards.
(c) Bird-watching.
(d) Weapons.

3. What wisdom does Olive Lawrence murmur to Nathaniel that comes back to him as an adult?
(a) The past is a foreign country.
(b) The self is not the principal thing.
(c) We need other people to fill in what we can not remember ourselves.
(d) Forgive your parents their sins, for you do not know what they have suffered.

4. What kind of garden does the house Nathaniel buys in Suffolk have?
(a) A waterfall garden.
(b) A maze garden.
(c) A bonsai garden.
(d) A walled garden.

5. Who appears at Nathaniel's house for the first time the day after his frightening episode in the underground?
(a) The Darter.
(b) Arthur McCash.
(c) His father.
(d) Sam Malakite.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who visits Nathniel's house and tells stories of using a smoker normally used for calming bees in innovative ways?

2. Why does Agnes faint one night at work in the section titled "The Mussel Boat"?

3. What song does The Darter habitually hum as he and Nathaniel travel on the barge?

4. What street in London does Nathaniel live on as a child?

5. Where does The Moth work?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is Rachel so upset at the end of Part I of the book, as she and Nathaniel are whisked away from the Bark Theater?

3. How does Nathaniel first meet the girl he comes to know as Agnes?

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

5. Why does Nathaniel come to know Agnes as Agnes?

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

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

8. Who helps Nathaniel and Rachel during Rachel's first episode with epilepsy, and what does that person do?

9. Where does Arthur McCash find Rachel and who is she with when he looks for her in the Bark Theater?

10. What does Nathaniel get in trouble for, that generations of boys before him have also done, at his boarding school in Chapter 1?

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