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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. Who finds Rachel hiding with The Darter at the Bark Theater?

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

4. Who is The Darter's girlfriend for a time that Nathaniel warms to?

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. What does Nathaniel especially remember about his visit to his father's Unilever office?

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

3. Just before Nathaniel's mother departs for Singapore, what does she start telling the children for the first time?

4. What dramatic event occurs directly before Arthur McCash shows up in the section titled "The Mussel Boat"?

5. How do Nathaniel and Rachel feel about becoming boarders at their new schools after their mother and father leave for Singapore in Chapter 1?

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

7. How does The Moth react when Nathaniel and Rachel turn up unexpectedly at the house in London when they should be at school?

8. Who are the first people Nathaniel sees when he wakes up from being knocked out in the section titled "Schwer"?

9. Where does Arthur McCash find Rachel and who is she with when he looks for her in the Bark Theater?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Write an essay analyzing why Rose begins teaching Nathaniel to play chess. What does the game seem to represent for each of them?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay comparing The Darter's decision to marry Agnes/Sophie and raise her daughter with her to the decisions other agents like Marsh Felon and Rose Williams made regarding balancing their family relationships with their work for British Intelligence Services.

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