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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 37-39.

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 Britten.
(c) Mary Oates.
(d) Elizabeth Warriner.

2. Chapter 17 begins on Tuesday morning on what date?
(a) September 12, 1838.
(b) April 18, 1837.
(c) June 16, 1837.
(d) June 19, 1836.

3. Jack urges Constable to tell the coach driver that Jack wants “to dance with his sister” named what, in Chapter 18?
(a) Miss Flask.
(b) Miss Class.
(c) Miss Titter.
(d) Miss Lineman.

4. Mercy tells Jack in Chapter 28 that Tobias, Mr. Butler, and Mrs. Oates know his secret. She tells Jack, “They say that you are a convict from” where?
(a) “Gregory Simm’s gang.”
(b) “New South Wales.”
(c) “Northern Africa.”
(d) “The Irish Waters.”

5. The “doctor” who appears at Mr. Butler’s home in Chapters 37-39 speaks of what being present on Great Queen Street?
(a) Dysentery.
(b) Contagion.
(c) Tuberculosis.
(d) Black Plague.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What night of the week is it when the man with the red waistcoat arrives in London in the opening of Chapter 1?

3. How much money does Tobias presume he will get for writing the story of Jack in Chapter 34?

4. For how many gentlemen is Miss Mott cooking dinner in the beginning of Chapter 4?

5. Where does Mr. Buckle say he formerly had his little shop in Chapter 9?

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