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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What name does Mary recall having been tattooed on Mary Britten’s wrist in Chapter 86?
(a) Peter.
(b) Jack.
(c) Silas.
(d) Tom.

2. What substance in Mary Britten’s abortion pills “gave all our hands an unpleasant fishy smell” according to Jack in his letter from Chapter 58?
(a) Pennyroyal.
(b) Ermine.
(c) Argot.
(d) Ergot.

3. How does Mr. Buckle describe his relationship to Jack when he speaks with Henry in chapter 73?
(a) Jack Maggs is his rival.
(b) Jack Maggs is his father.
(c) Jack Maggs is his son.
(d) Jack Maggs is his boss.

4. Mary Oates refers to the doctor that treated her son as what after his departure in Chapter 54?
(a) A thief.
(b) A hypocrite.
(c) A jackal.
(d) A pawnbroker.

5. What doctor does the cabbie take Tobias to see in the beginning of Chapter 52?
(a) Dr. Peterman.
(b) Dr. Hardwick.
(c) Dr. Grieves.
(d) Dr. Smith.

6. At what time do Tobias and Jack cross the River Thames in the beginning of Chapter 78?
(a) 6:00 p.m.
(b) 8:00 p.m.
(c) 7:00 p.m.
(d) 9:00 p.m.

7. Who does Jack say is heartbroken when he is under Tobias’s hypnotism in Chapter 55?
(a) Sophina.
(b) Mary.
(c) Mercy.
(d) Sarah.

8. In Chapter 91, the narrator states that Mercy insisted the Maggs family move from Sydney to where after her arrival?
(a) Tyburn.
(b) Wingham.
(c) Islington.
(d) Whitechapel.

9. Henry’s tutor that saved him from the orphanage disappeared from his life on the eve of Henry’s birthday to turn how old?
(a) 21.
(b) 18.
(c) 16.
(d) 12.

10. How many of the abortion pills does Tobias give to Elizabeth downstairs as Jack waits for him in the study in Chapter 82?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

11. According to the chapter from Tobias’s book in Chapter 74, Sophina was charged with stealing the property of whom?
(a) Lord Williams.
(b) King Charles.
(c) Lord Durnam.
(d) Gilbert Gunn.

12. What do Jack and Tobias use to bail water from the sinking boat in Chapter 71?
(a) Tobias’s top hat.
(b) Tobias’s attaché case.
(c) Jack’s suitcase.
(d) Jack’s boots.

13. How old was Tobias when his father was charged with killing a man?
(a) 5.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

14. What was the name on the pill bottles that Mary Britten began selling instead of sausages, according to Jack’s letter in Chapter 58?
(a) Dr. Britten’s Cock’s Spur Pills for Female Disorders.
(b) Dr. Britten’s Dysentery Curative Pills.
(c) Ma Britten’s Special Remedy Pills for Women.
(d) Ma Britten’s Secret Ingredient Pills for Female Disorders.

15. What does the doctor demand as payment for his services after he’s saved Tobias’s baby from infection in Chapter 53?
(a) Mary’s wedding ring.
(b) Tobias’s wedding ring.
(c) Tobias’s painting.
(d) Elizabeth’s necklace.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Mary Oates go to see when she leaves her home in Chapter 77?

2. How old does Jack say Henry was the last time he saw him in Chapter 85?

3. How old is Elizabeth in Chapter 61?

4. By what source on his land in Australia does Jack say he earned his fortune in Chapter 62?

5. On what river do Tobias and Jack escape in Chapter 70?

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