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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 a distinctive feature of Rose Williams' floor in White Paint?
(a) Its dye rubs off on skin and can not be removed.
(b) It has lasers built into it as a security feature.
(c) It gives barefoot people splinters.
(d) It squeaks suddenly and loudly when stepped on.

2. What rank does Nathaniel's grandfather, his mother's father, eventually attain?
(a) Admiral.
(b) Colonel.
(c) Captain.
(d) Lieutenant.

3. What does Rachel tell Nathaniel about her feelings about their childhood?
(a) They were both damaged.
(b) She has managed to forgive their mother.
(c) The Darter used to hit her to discipline her.
(d) She will never forgive their father.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does The Darter tell Nathaniel is his wife's name?

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

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

4. How does Marsh Felon feel about Rose?

5. What is the phrase that refers to a high perspective that lets a person see into usually hidden distances?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Nathaniel find between the pages of a book in his mother's house that intrigues him?

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

4. What does Rose tell Nathaniel when he asks her about what happened to The Moth?

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

6. 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"?

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

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

9. How does Nathaniel figure out that Agnes is The Darter's wife?

10. What is the real reason The Darter is so awkward with Nathaniel at their meeting in the book's final pages?

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