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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Tobias when his father was charged with killing a man?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

2. The visitor who arrives at Mr. Butler’s home in Chapter 37 is said to be what by the footman who answers the door?
(a) A painter.
(b) An actor.
(c) A lawyer.
(d) A doctor.

3. Into what neighborhood did Tobias’s father settle after he received a pardon for his murder charge?
(a) Noho.
(b) Tyburn.
(c) Whitechapel.
(d) Soho.

4. Whom does the Thief-taker say he found “who was taken from her mother’s arms” in Chapter 67?
(a) Emily Tudball.
(b) Sarah Smith.
(c) Mary Oates.
(d) Elizabeth Warriner.

5. What is the name of the publisher that Tobias has gone to see about signing a contract for Tobias’s next novel about Jack Maggs in Chapter 61?
(a) Samuel Laurence.
(b) Wilf Partridge.
(c) Cheery Entwhistle.
(d) Silas Smith.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name on the pill bottles that Mary Britten began selling instead of sausages, according to Jack’s letter in Chapter 58?

2. What does the word “finder” refer to in the narrative?

3. A bailiff with muddy boots brings Tobias three promissory notes signed by whom in Chapter 50?

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

5. For how many years does Jack say he spent in “a hell called Moreton Bay” in Chapter 47?

(see the answer key)

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