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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 31-33.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Mercy’s father?
(a) Andrew Larkin.
(b) James Larkin.
(c) Horace Larkin.
(d) Peter Larkin.

2. Through whose house does Jack escape from to the street below in the end of Chapter 9?
(a) Mr. Phipps’s.
(b) Mr. Laurence’s.
(c) Mr. Pope’s.
(d) Mr. Smith’s.

3. Mercy tells Jack in Chapter 28 that Mr. Buckle had a sister that was transported where?
(a) To Waterson Bay.
(b) To America.
(c) To South Africa.
(d) To Botany Bay.

4. Jack urges Constable to tell the coach driver that Jack wants “to dance with his sister” named what, in Chapter 18?
(a) Miss Lineman.
(b) Miss Class.
(c) Miss Flask.
(d) Miss Titter.

5. In what year was John Sheppard said to have been hanged in Chapter 13?
(a) 1659.
(b) 1724.
(c) 1799.
(d) 1812.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 7, Mr. Hawthorne describes an article from The Chronicle about a Russian gentleman who came from Sebastopol to learn what in London?

2. What does the word “finder” refer to in the narrative?

3. Tobias is said in Chapter 13 to have ambitions to become “a novelist who might topple” who himself?

4. How old is Tobias said to be in Chapter 10?

5. What is the name of Mr. Buckle’s “bibulous and senile butler” that he inherited along with his house on Great Queen Street?

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