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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 73-75.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 priest.”
(b) “I am a naturalist.”
(c) “I am a humanist.”
(d) “I am likewise afflicted.”

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

3. Who is the “lever man, a great half-wit pugilist” that Jack describes in his letter in Chapter 43?
(a) Wexall.
(b) Foster.
(c) Smith.
(d) Pope.

4. In what year was Jack transported out of London with a life sentence?
(a) 1821.
(b) 1813.
(c) 1819.
(d) 1812.

5. What is the title of the Character Sketch that Tobias writes for the Observer in Chapter 50?
(a) “Jack Maggs.”
(b) “Witchy Wanda.”
(c) “Titchy Tate.”
(d) “Sarah Silversmith.”

Short Answer Questions

1. On what river do Tobias and Jack escape in Chapter 70?

2. What doctor does Tobias write to when Jack appears requesting one for the butler in Chapter 50?

3. The garment that Mary Oates is clothing her infant son in is said to be a gift from whom, in Chapter 64?

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

5. What does the word “finder” refer to in the narrative?

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