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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 58-60.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where had Mercy Larkin’s father worked as a mechanic, according to the narrator in Chapter 19?
(a) The McLaughlin Tea Company.
(b) The Maxwell Tea Company.
(c) The Andrews Pickle Factory.
(d) The Woodell Pickle Factory.

2. By what name does Tobias refer to his sister-in-law in Chapter 22?
(a) Miss McLaughlin.
(b) Miss Ross.
(c) Miss Warriner.
(d) Miss Matthews.

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

4. How many paces behind him does Mr. Butler instruct Jack to keep as they walk to Tobias’s home in Chapter 22?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 10.
(d) 2.

5. What school had Mercy briefly attended, according to the narrator in Chapter 19?
(a) St. Edward’s School for Girls.
(b) Mrs. McFarlane’s School.
(c) Miss Franklin’s School.
(d) Miss Peterson’s School.

Short Answer Questions

1. What doctor does the cabbie take Tobias to see in the beginning of Chapter 52?

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

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

4. Who offers to send his friends to find Henry Phipps in Chapter 32?

5. What substance in Mary Britten’s abortion pills “gave all our hands an unpleasant fishy smell” according to Jack in his letter from Chapter 58?

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