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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 70-72.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Jack and Tobias use to bail water from the sinking boat in Chapter 71?
(a) Jack’s boots.
(b) Tobias’s attaché case.
(c) Jack’s suitcase.
(d) Tobias’s top hat.

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

3. To whom does Jack pen a letter in Chapter 21?
(a) Silas Smith.
(b) Henry Phipps.
(c) Mercy Larkin.
(d) Wilf Partridge.

4. What is the name of the young carpenter’s apprentice that Tobias sees burned in the morgue in Chapter 34?
(a) Silas Smith.
(b) Edward Constable.
(c) Thomas Griff.
(d) Wilf Partridge.

5. A bailiff with muddy boots brings Tobias three promissory notes signed by whom in Chapter 50?
(a) Elizabeth Warriner.
(b) Mary Britten.
(c) John Oates.
(d) Mr. Pope.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is said to have painted a portrait of Tobias in 1838?

2. How old does Jack say Henry was when he first met him in Chapter 71?

3. What does Tobias take out and spin when he hypnotizes Jack in Chapter 22?

4. How many “errands” does Jack say he and his companion did for Silas in the summer of 1801 in his letter from Chapter 43?

5. What kind of boat do Jack and Tobias escape in, in Chapter 70?

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