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

2. What effect does Moll's brushes with the law have on her activities?
(a) she takes a year off so that her face will be forgotten.
(b) she starts working with a partner.
(c) she becomes truly repentant and stops.
(d) she becomes overconfident and continues her business.

3. What does Moll confess to the banker?
(a) that she had no romantic ideas about him.
(b) that she fell in love with him at the bank.
(c) that she trusted him but that was all.
(d) that she had thought he was single.

4. What does Moll admit to the lady who comes to help her?
(a) that she has a husband.
(b) that she does not want the child.
(c) that she has a lot of money.
(d) that she is not married.

5. Who does the governess introduce Moll to who can help her learn the art of thieving?
(a) a magician.
(b) a professional pickpocket.
(c) a house robber.
(d) a schoolmistress.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the governess turned pawnbroker actually doing?

2. How long is Moll married to the banker before he dies?

3. Why does Moll reproach herself after getting caught with the brocade silk?

4. What does Mrs. B do with unwanted children?

5. Why does Moll cease to fear witnesses against her?

Short Essay Questions

1. What causes Moll to continue stealing?

2. Why does Moll stop stealing for a while?

3. Explain what foils Moll's plan to marry the banker when she returns to London.

4. How is Moll finally caught red handed?

5. What happens to the child after it is born?

6. How does Moll eventually project her guilt onto someone else?

7. Where do Moll and James end up after Newgate?

8. How does Moll escape capture when a former partner in crime gets caught by the police?

9. Why is Moll so popular up north?

10. What passes through Moll's head as she marries the banker?

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