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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 19-21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the 70-year-old woman that the man in the red waistcoat addresses outside of her home at Number Four Cecil Street in Chapter 1?
(a) Sarah Oates.
(b) Mary Oates.
(c) Elizabeth Warriner.
(d) Mary Britten.

2. What is the name of Mercy’s father?
(a) Horace Larkin.
(b) Andrew Larkin.
(c) Peter Larkin.
(d) James Larkin.

3. Where does Mr. Buckle say he formerly had his little shop in Chapter 9?
(a) Whitechapel.
(b) Clerkenwell.
(c) Wapping.
(d) Cornwell.

4. Tobias is said in Chapter 13 to have ambitions to become “a novelist who might topple” who himself?
(a) Shelley.
(b) Lord Byron.
(c) Dickens.
(d) Thackeray.

5. By what nickname does Jack call Mercy in Chapter 20?
(a) Lady.
(b) Muffin.
(c) Judy.
(d) Sarah.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who was the master of Mr. Buckle’s home on Great Queen Street prior to Mr. Buckle?

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?

4. What is the secret that Tobias is said to harbor in Chapter 10?

5. What is the name of Mercy’s mother?

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