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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much money did Jack’s benefactor pay to take his naked body when he was found as an infant under the London Bridge?
(a) A double-crown.
(b) A crown.
(c) A penny.
(d) Three pennies.

2. What does Jack tell Mr. Spinks he should never look in the eye in Chapter 46?
(a) A lion.
(b) A cat.
(c) A mule.
(d) A pooka.

3. For how many years does Jack say he spent in “a hell called Moreton Bay” in Chapter 47?
(a) 6.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

4. What is the name of Tobias’s sister-in-law who lives in his household?
(a) Wilma.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Elizabeth.
(d) Patricia.

5. By what year does Jack say in his letter that he and his family “ate best brisket, chump chops, rolled roast beef from the butcher’s shop in Upper Street, and Mrs. Britten was the owner of two freehold titles” in Chapter 58?
(a) 1832.
(b) 1806.
(c) 1801.
(d) 1818.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Jack say Mrs. Halfstairs had him deliver a message to when he is discovered in the kitchen by Mr. Butler in Chapter 30?

3. Where did Mary Britten supposedly own a “commodious gentlemen’s residence,” according to Jack’s letter in Chapter 58?

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

5. What is the title of the Character Sketch that Tobias writes for the Observer in Chapter 50?

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