1. In Chapter 7, Mr. Hawthorne describes an article from The Chronicle about a Russian gentleman who came from Sebastopol to learn what in London?
(a) Hinduism.
(b) Magnetism.
(c) Veterinary medicine.
(d) Christianity.

2. What is the secret that Tobias is said to harbor in Chapter 10?
(a) He is an escaped convict.
(b) His is secretly married to two women.
(c) He is in love with his wife’s sister.
(d) He is a millionaire.

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

4. Who is the driver of Mr. Butler’s coach in Chapter 18?
(a) Mr. Smith.
(b) Mr. Constable.
(c) Mr. Foster.
(d) Mr. Pope.

5. On what street does Tobias live in Chapter 10?
(a) Great Queen Street.
(b) Lamb’s Conduit Street.
(c) Chancery Lane.
(d) Whitechapel Street.

Short Answer 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?

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

3. Where had Mercy Larkin’s father worked as a mechanic, according to the narrator in Chapter 19?

4. What is the profession of Mr. Tobias Oates?

5. Through whose house does Jack escape from to the street below in the end of Chapter 9?

(see the answer key)

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