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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 250-271:.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Moll get to visit in Newgate?
(a) an accused assassin.
(b) her Lancashire husband.
(c) her old partner in crime.
(d) her son Jemmy.

2. What does the narrator hope the reader will be more pleased with?
(a) the excitement of the story.
(b) the moral of the story.
(c) the salaciousness of the story.
(d) the truth of the story.

3. To what does the narrator compare his novel?
(a) to religious pamphlets.
(b) to school lessons.
(c) to narrative poems.
(d) to plays written for the stage.

4. What does the narrator say has been left out of the story?
(a) some of the least colorful parts.
(b) some of the most boring parts.
(c) some of the more vicious parts.
(d) some of the duplicate parts.

5. What do they call people who steal at night and return the goods for reward the next day?
(a) cat burglars.
(b) night fliers.
(c) touts.
(d) blackmailers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Moll and her Lancashire husband discover about each other?

2. What is Moll's initial reaction to her new life of crime?

3. Who is assumed to be the narrator of the story?

4. Why does the narrator say it is difficult to have a private biography taken seriously?

5. When a woman friend of Moll's wants her to meet her brother, what does the man want?

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