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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. How long after Rose's death is Nathaniel invited to apply for work at the Foreign Office?
(a) 8 years.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 2 years.
(d) A decade.

2. Who does Arthur McCash tell Nathaniel's mother he thinks is responsible for the children's attempted abduction?
(a) Italians or Yugoslavians.
(b) Americans.
(c) Russians.
(d) Chinese.

3. What does The Darter tell Nathaniel he once did to ensure he did not lose a bet at the race track?
(a) Threw a live cat on the track.
(b) Threw a bunny rabbit on the track.
(c) Shot one of the dogs.
(d) Poisoned one of the dogs.

4. Where does Nathaniel go immediately after the attack at the Bark Theater?
(a) To a boarding school in Ireland.
(b) To a boarding school in America.
(c) To live with a family in Scotland.
(d) To live with a family in Italy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of luggage does Nathaniel's mother make a great show of packing?

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

3. What happens to Nathaniel one night in the underground that shakes him and scares him?

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

5. What story does The Moth tell Nathaniel about his mother during the war in the section titled "A Table Full of Strangers"?

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

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

5. What do The Darter and Olive Lawrence eat that is quite unusual on their first dinner date, and why does Olive agree to eat it?

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

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

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

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

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

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