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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Claret.
(d) Scotch whisky.

2. Who is the old dustman that Silas arranged to pick up the sacks of stolen goods that Jack stole, according to Jack’s letter in Chapter 43?
(a) Mr. Cobblestone.
(b) Mr. Figgs.
(c) Mr. James.
(d) Mr. Jamm.

3. What weapon does Jack carry as he goes to the door of Mr. Butler’s study in Chapter 42?
(a) A dagger.
(b) A pistol.
(c) A rifle.
(d) An axe.

4. What is the conclusion that the “doctor” comes to after inspecting the household’s servants in Chapter 39?
(a) To evacuate the house.
(b) To quarantine the house.
(c) To burn the house.
(d) To call in more doctors.

5. What does Tobias take out and spin when he hypnotizes Jack in Chapter 22?
(a) Jewels.
(b) Magnets.
(c) Keys.
(d) Dumbbells.

Short Answer Questions

1. The visitor who arrives at Mr. Butler’s home in Chapter 37 is said to be what by the footman who answers the door?

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

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

4. Tobias tells the guests at the dinner party in Chapter 7 that the cerebrum “is a vessel that never” what?

5. How many “errands” does Jack say he and his companion did for Silas in the summer of 1801 in his letter from Chapter 43?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is the guest of honor at Mr. Buckle’s house in Chapter 7? How is this character described?

2. How is Tobias’s household and family described in Chapter 10? What is Tobias’s secret that is revealed in the chapter?

3. How is the study of Tobias described in Chapter 13? What eccentricities fill his study?

4. What does Jack do after the departure of the visitor in Mr. Butler’s home in Chapter 40?

5. What causes the confrontation between Jack and Percy Butler in Chapter 17?

6. What does the reader learn about the relationship between Mr. Butler and Mercy in Chapter 30? What does Jack reveal to Mr. Butler in this chapter?

7. What is Miss Mott doing in the beginning of Chapter 4? What are her thoughts about the household where she works?

8. What does Jack write about his first experience with thievery in his letter to Henry in Chapter 26?

9. What conversation does Mercy overhear between Mr. Buckle and Mr. Makepeace in Chapter 33?

10. What assessment is reached regarding the household of Percy in Chapter 39?

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