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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Tobias tells the guests at the dinner party in Chapter 7 that the cerebrum “is a vessel that never” what?
(a) “Wavers.”
(b) “Fluctuates.”
(c) “Lies.”
(d) “Leaks.”

2. What has Jack drunk a bottle of from Mr. Butler’s cellar when he awakens in the morning in Chapter 32?
(a) Wine.
(b) Gin.
(c) Scotch whisky.
(d) Claret.

3. Who is said to have painted a portrait of Tobias in 1838?
(a) Pablo Picasso.
(b) Lord Byron.
(c) Charles Dickens.
(d) Samuel Laurence.

4. Where did Mercy live in a slum with her mother in her past?
(a) Chancery Lane.
(b) Fetter Lane.
(c) Lamb’s Conduit Street.
(d) Whitechapel.

5. What is the precise date given by the narrator in Chapter 1 when the man with the red waistcoat arrives in London?
(a) April 15, 1837.
(b) May 1, 1837.
(c) September 14, 1837.
(d) March 12, 1836.

6. Who offers to send his friends to find Henry Phipps in Chapter 32?
(a) Mr. Francis.
(b) Mr. Britten.
(c) Mr. Constable.
(d) Mr. Pope.

7. Who are the undertakers in Gibbons Lane that Tobias goes to see in Chapter 34?
(a) Williams & Sons.
(b) Foster & Sons.
(c) Hawke & Sons.
(d) Larkin & Sons.

8. Mercy tells Jack in Chapter 28 that Tobias, Mr. Butler, and Mrs. Oates know his secret. She tells Jack, “They say that you are a convict from” where?
(a) “New South Wales.”
(b) “The Irish Waters.”
(c) “Northern Africa.”
(d) “Gregory Simm’s gang.”

9. What is the name of the young girl orphan that Tobias first views in the morgue in Chapter 34?
(a) Mary Britten.
(b) Mavis Crofts.
(c) Sarah Smith.
(d) Amy Griff.

10. What does Miss Mott reply when Mercy says in Chapter 4, “I don’t think he’s a footman at all. Don’t he look ever so distinguished?”
(a) “He looks like a lord.”
(b) “He looks like a murderer.”
(c) “He looks like a gentleman.”
(d) “He looks like a thief.”

11. What school had Mercy briefly attended, according to the narrator in Chapter 19?
(a) St. Edward’s School for Girls.
(b) Miss Peterson’s School.
(c) Miss Franklin’s School.
(d) Mrs. McFarlane’s School.

12. Who is the “lever man, a great half-wit pugilist” that Jack describes in his letter in Chapter 43?
(a) Wexall.
(b) Foster.
(c) Smith.
(d) Pope.

13. Where is the bookstore called Lackington’s Temple of the Muses said to be located in Chapter 18?
(a) Finsbury Square.
(b) Great Queen Street.
(c) Lamb’s Conduit Street.
(d) Whitechapel.

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

15. What does Jack do with Mercy when she encounters him in the basement in Chapter 41?
(a) He hits her on the head with a lantern.
(b) He locks her in her room.
(c) He lets her leave the house.
(d) He rapes her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mercy tells Jack in Chapter 28 that Mr. Buckle had a sister that was transported where?

2. What weapon does Jack carry as he goes to the door of Mr. Butler’s study in Chapter 42?

3. Who is the 70-year-old woman that the man in the red waistcoat addresses outside of her home at Number Four Cecil Street in Chapter 1?

4. Where had Mercy Larkin’s father worked as a mechanic, according to the narrator in Chapter 19?

5. To whom does Jack pen a letter in Chapter 21?

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