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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 is the phrase Rose writes in her journal about the person she fears will one day come to kill her?
(a) They will never forget their vengeance.
(b) I will never hear her coming.
(c) When he comes, he will be like an Englishman.
(d) I am on my guard all the time, even in sleep.

2. Who is really The Darter's wife?
(a) Rachel.
(b) Agnes, Nathaniel's teenage girlfriend.
(c) Maria.
(d) Florence.

3. Who does Nathaniel have dinner with in the section titled "Arthur McCash," to ask questions about his childhood?
(a) Olive Lawrence.
(b) The Moth.
(c) Arthur McCash.
(d) The Darter.

4. Where does Sophie work?
(a) At the post office.
(b) At a munitions factory.
(c) At a design firm.
(d) At a bakery.

5. What general area of life does Marsh Felon have a particularly good knowledge of?
(a) Cooking.
(b) Wildlife and the outdoors.
(c) Mathematics.
(d) Weaponry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What rank does Nathaniel's grandfather, his mother's father, eventually attain?

2. What does Marsh Felon make for Rose when he stays in her family's house?

3. Why does Nathaniel bang a pot upon entering his mother's house after she dies?

4. What does Nathaniel see on The Darter's wall that reveals what is really going on?

5. What specific function does Marsh Felon serve in the British Intelligence Service?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is significant about the Malakites' house that Nathaniel buys in the section titled "The Saints"?

2. Why does Marsh Felon have to spend several weeks in Rose's family house as an adolescent?

3. Who does Nathaniel most wish to find a way to track down from what he discovers in the archives?

4. What kind of work does Marsh Felon do besides his work for the British Intelligence Service?

5. Who is one of the first people from his youth Nathaniel runs into when he starts work at the archives in the section titled "In the Archives"?

6. What does Marsh Felon send Rose out to buy supplies for when he stays in Rose's house as an adolescent?

7. What does Nathaniel eventually learn about the exact way in which his mother died?

8. In the section titled "Arthur McCash," what one piece of information does Nathaniel finally uncover about what specific job Rose performed during the war?

9. What does Nathaniel find in a desk in his mother's house after she dies that surprises him?

10. In the section titled "In the Archives," where does Nathaniel meet Rachel and what do they speak about?

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