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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. Where does Daniel run when Wilkins's death is discussed?
(a) The lobby.
(b) The square.
(c) The garden.
(d) The street.

2. What did Daniel study in school?
(a) Chemistry.
(b) Politics.
(c) Religion.
(d) Natural Philosophy.

3. Who sent Dick, Bob and Jack to get work?
(a) Their aunt.
(b) Their father.
(c) Their mother.
(d) Their mistress.

4. How long did it take Daniel to make the hole at a college?
(a) 4 months.
(b) 2 months.
(c) 1 month,
(d) 3 months.

5. What does Daniel use to escape Blackbeard?
(a) Sociology.
(b) Trigonometry.
(c) Physics.
(d) Trajectory.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Jack do for the man in rags?

2. What was Eliza's profession?

3. What kind of bird did Jack chase while in the Army?

4. Why is the woman being hanged at the beginning of the book?

5. What kind of mines does Jack buy shares in?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to make Daniel upset with Hooke's experiments?

2. What job did Jack have at the prison?

3. What does Eliza hope to sell at a fair?

4. What happens when Trinity re-opens after the first closure?

5. Why did Daniel think he got the best education possible at Cambridge?

6. What news does the Earl of Epsom bring Daniel?

7. How does Daniel describe the beginning of his friendship with Newton?

8. What does Oldenburg tell Daniel while he is in prison?

9. What does Boyle say after Wilkins's death that upsets Daniel?

10. What frightens Jack in Backboden?

(see the answer keys)

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