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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 25-27.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Tobias’s son?
(a) Edward Oates.
(b) Peter Oates.
(c) John Oates.
(d) Jack Oates.

2. To whom does Jack pen a letter in Chapter 21?
(a) Henry Phipps.
(b) Mercy Larkin.
(c) Wilf Partridge.
(d) Silas Smith.

3. When Tobias offers to help Jack with his inner demons in Tobias’s office in Chapter 13, Jack replies, “But what is it to you, Sir? It is my pain after all.” What is Tobias’s response?
(a) “I am a naturalist.”
(b) “I am a humanist.”
(c) “I am likewise afflicted.”
(d) “I am a priest.”

4. Who was the master of Mr. Buckle’s home on Great Queen Street prior to Mr. Buckle?
(a) Mr. Foster.
(b) Mr. Oates.
(c) Mr. Spinks.
(d) Mr. Quentin.

5. What school had Mercy briefly attended, according to the narrator in Chapter 19?
(a) Mrs. McFarlane’s School.
(b) Miss Peterson’s School.
(c) St. Edward’s School for Girls.
(d) Miss Franklin’s School.

Short Answer Questions

1. Tobias is said in Chapter 13 to have ambitions to become “a novelist who might topple” who himself?

2. Who is said to have painted a portrait of Tobias in 1838?

3. What is the name of Mary Britten’s “big red-boned son”?

4. Where does Henry Hawthorne have lunch with Tobias on April 23 in Chapter 25?

5. On what street does Tobias live in Chapter 10?

(see the answer key)

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