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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 kind of luggage does Nathaniel's mother make a great show of packing?
(a) A wooden crate.
(b) A leather briefcase.
(c) A steamer trunk.
(d) A small canvas suitcase.

2. What happens to Nathaniel and Agnes on the city bus at the end of the section titled "Agnes Street"?
(a) They are robbed.
(b) They are followed by several men.
(c) They are arrested.
(d) They are harassed by school children.

3. About how long do the people who work on the same project as Nathaniel in the Foreign Office stay in their positions?
(a) About 10 years.
(b) About 3 years.
(c) About a year.
(d) About 5 years.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What wisdom does Olive Lawrence murmur to Nathaniel that comes back to him as an adult?

3. What does Nathaniel's sister show him that casts doubt on their mother's whereabouts in the section titled "Hell-Fire"?

4. What does Agnes tell Nathaniel she lies awake at night and wishes for?

5. What does Nathaniel ask the owner of the house he is buying to help him sketch out?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Nathaniel particularly remember about Olive's temperament from his childhood?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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