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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 is the woman who first recruits Marsh Felon for the British Intelligence Service?
(a) Ruth Howard.
(b) Rose Williams.
(c) Olive Lawrence.
(d) Rachel Williams.

2. Why would Rose Williams remember September?
(a) It was the month she was shot for the first time.
(b) It was when she lost her first child.
(c) It was the month when she and Marsh Felon had an affair.
(d) It was the month she had her first mission as a spy.

3. What does The Darter tell Nathaniel is his wife's name?
(a) Florence.
(b) Agnes.
(c) Sophie.
(d) Maria.

4. What does Nathaniel find in his mother's walnut desk after she dies?
(a) A collection of passports from different countries.
(b) A framed picture of Rachel he had never seen before.
(c) A large amount of money.
(d) A journal from the war office.

5. What street in Naples does Rose find herself on after her escape from captivity?
(a) The street of three exits.
(b) The street of small daggers.
(c) Via Napoli.
(d) Via Veneto.

Short Answer Questions

1. If Nathaniel had had the chance to ask his mother what she had done that was so terrible during the war, what does he imagine her answering?

2. What does Nathaniel find in one of the books on his mother's shelf in White Paint?

3. Where does Sophie work?

4. What was the newspaper that the local Reverend produced?

5. What poet does Marsh Felon read a work from during his BBC radio program that is a mediation on the destruction war wreaks on the natural world?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Marsh Felon teach Rose how to do in the section titled "Wildfowling"?

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

3. How do Rachel's feelings towards Rose, her mother, change after the incident in the Bark Theater?

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

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

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

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

9. What happens when a person steps on the nightingale floor in Rose's house in White Paint?

10. How is Rose Williams' death noted in the press?

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