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

2. What does The Moth suggest Nathaniel do during school holidays at the end of the section titled "Hell-Fire"?
(a) Get a job to earn a little money.
(b) Learn how to shoot a gun.
(c) Start learning how to cook.
(d) Work abroad in America for a while.

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

4. What does Olive Lawrence seem capable of to Nathaniel that none of the other visitors to his house seem capable of?
(a) Money management.
(b) Talking to children.
(c) Clear judgement.
(d) Cooking.

5. What is a rumor that Nathaniel hears about Arthur McCash?
(a) That he is the president's secret assistant.
(b) That he is really a Russian spy.
(c) That he knows Esperanto, the oldest language.
(d) That he can speak in tongues.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Nathaniel and Agnes on the city bus at the end of the section titled "Agnes Street"?

2. Where does Nathaniel start his first paying job?

3. What is Nathaniel's first girlfriend's reaction when he tells her his first name?

4. Who does Nathaniel think he catches a glimpse of at the dance club in Bromley?

5. How does The Darter feel about Agnes?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. 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?

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

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

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

10. What does Nathaniel think he sees while dancing with Agnes one night at The White Hart club in Bromley?

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