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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 31-33.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is said to have painted a portrait of Tobias in 1838?
(a) Pablo Picasso.
(b) Samuel Laurence.
(c) Charles Dickens.
(d) Lord Byron.

2. What physical curiosity is noted of the man in the red waistcoat both aboard the coach and outside the gin bar in Chapter 1?
(a) He is missing three fingers in his right hand.
(b) He is missing two fingers on his left hand.
(c) He is missing his right foot.
(d) He has a scar from his mouth to his temple.

3. What is the name of Mr. Buckle’s “bibulous and senile butler” that he inherited along with his house on Great Queen Street?
(a) Mr. Pope.
(b) Mr. Spinks.
(c) Mr. Foster.
(d) Mr. Constable.

4. The narrator notes in Chapter 25 that there are what “in all crooked businesses”?
(a) “Two heads of state.”
(b) “Two stories.”
(c) “Two sets of books.”
(d) “Two sets of obstacles.”

5. Who offers to send his friends to find Henry Phipps in Chapter 32?
(a) Mr. Francis.
(b) Mr. Britten.
(c) Mr. Constable.
(d) Mr. Pope.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Where is the bookstore called Lackington’s Temple of the Muses said to be located in Chapter 18?

4. What is the real role Mercy has in Mr. Butler’s household?

5. 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?

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