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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 is a firedamp?
(a) A flammable gas.
(b) A firefighter.
(c) A wet rag.
(d) An appendage on a fireplace.

2. Jay decides to propose to ______________.
(a) Annie.
(b) Lizzie.
(c) Esther.
(d) Sara.

3. What does Lizzie see advertised on a flyer while in London?
(a) Mack's prize fight.
(b) A holiday dance.
(c) A play she wants to see.
(d) A dress sale.

4. What does Mack have to do before he can leave the mine?
(a) Shut down all the vents.
(b) Bring all the tools out.
(c) Make sure everyone is out.
(d) Burn off the firedamp.

5. In what country does the novel primarily take place?
(a) Austria.
(b) Germany.
(c) Scotland.
(d) Ireland.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the lawyer whom Mack sees in London?

2. Who has attended the hanging with Mack?

3. In what city is Jay and Lizzie's house located?

4. Who saves Lizzie from being raped in the alley?

5. Who does Jay Jamisson want to kill?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the reason for the contentious nature between Jay and Robert?

2. What is the year-and-a-day law?

3. What does Mack do that makes the Jamissons wary of him?

4. Why do the Jamissons enter into a conspiracy about the coal that Lizzie cannot know about?

5. Why does Lizzie call off the wedding?

6. For what occasion does Lizzie decide to dress as a man in Chapter 14?

7. What are Mack's plans for leaving Scotland?

8. How do the Jamissons insure that Mack becomes Jamisson property?

9. What does Lizzie do when Mack is knocked unconscious during the fight?

10. How does Mack learn that he is a free man?

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