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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the dance club in Bromley where Nathaniel takes Agnes one night?

2. What does The Darter tell Nathaniel he once did to ensure he did not lose a bet at the race track?

3. Which book do Nathaniel and his sister imitate in tracking their mother across London before she leaves on her trip to Singapore?

4. Who are Nathaniel and Rachel with when they are abducted outside the Bark Theater?

5. What does Nathaniel remember most about visiting his father's office with him one night?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Nathaniel's and Rachel's brief time alone with their mother just before she leaves for Singapore feel like for Nathaniel?

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

3. Why is Rachel so upset at the end of Part I of the book, as she and Nathaniel are whisked away from the Bark Theater?

4. Why does Nathaniel come to know Agnes as Agnes?

5. What does Nathaniel remember about Rose packing her steamer trunk for her trip to Singapore?

6. Who helps Nathaniel and Rachel during Rachel's first episode with epilepsy, and what does that person do?

7. 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?

8. 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?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Through Nathaniel's first-person narration, Ondaatje writes, "Ours was a family with a habit for nicknames, which meant it was also a family of disguises" (7). Write an essay analyzing the connections between the use of nicknames, secrecy, and concealment in Warlight.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay analyzing Nathaniel's relationship with The Darter. Why does he tell Agnes The Darter is his father, and what does this action say about how Nathaniel feels about The Darter?

Essay Topic 3

Rose meets Marsh Felon, the man who eventually recruits her to work for British Intelligence, when they are both very young and he and his family are completing roofing work on her family's house. Write an essay discussing Rose's path to her dangerous work as a spy, including the specific event and feelings that prompted her to start her work.

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