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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the name of the little girl that helped Jack break into homes for Silas Smith in Chapter 43?
(a) Mary.
(b) Elizabeth.
(c) Sophina.
(d) Sarah.

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

4. What does Tobias take out and spin when he hypnotizes Jack in Chapter 22?
(a) Magnets.
(b) Jewels.
(c) Dumbbells.
(d) Keys.

5. What is the name of Tobias’s wife?
(a) Sarah Oates.
(b) Elizabeth Oates.
(c) Mary Oates.
(d) Mercy Oates.

6. What is the precise date given by the narrator in Chapter 1 when the man with the red waistcoat arrives in London?
(a) March 12, 1836.
(b) April 15, 1837.
(c) May 1, 1837.
(d) September 14, 1837.

7. What is the name of the lawyer that had brought Mr. Buckle his “Great Good Fortune”?
(a) Mr. Pope.
(b) Mr. Foster.
(c) Mr. Warriner.
(d) Mr. Makepeace.

8. Tobias tells the guests at the dinner party in Chapter 7 that the cerebrum “is a vessel that never” what?
(a) “Leaks.”
(b) “Lies.”
(c) “Wavers.”
(d) “Fluctuates.”

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

10. Who is the old dustman that Silas arranged to pick up the sacks of stolen goods that Jack stole, according to Jack’s letter in Chapter 43?
(a) Mr. Jamm.
(b) Mr. Cobblestone.
(c) Mr. James.
(d) Mr. Figgs.

11. 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) An actor.
(b) A doctor.
(c) A lawyer.
(d) A painter.

12. For how many gentlemen is Miss Mott cooking dinner in the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) 2.
(b) 6.
(c) 4.
(d) 7.

13. Tobias is said in Chapter 13 to have ambitions to become “a novelist who might topple” who himself?
(a) Lord Byron.
(b) Thackeray.
(c) Dickens.
(d) Shelley.

14. What play is Henry performing in currently in Chapter 25?
(a) Hamlet.
(b) All’s Well that Ends Well.”
(c) Romeo and Juliet.
(d) King Lear.

15. Mercy tells Jack in Chapter 28 that Mr. Buckle had a sister that was transported where?
(a) To America.
(b) To Waterson Bay.
(c) To South Africa.
(d) To Botany Bay.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Mercy live in a slum with her mother in her past?

2. Who is the driver of Mr. Butler’s coach in Chapter 18?

3. Of what book written Tobias is it said that Mary Oates “never grasped the point”?

4. Who is the chief actor at the Lyceum Theatre and a guest at Mr. Buckle’s estate in Chapter 7?

5. Where is the bookstore called Lackington’s Temple of the Muses said to be located in Chapter 18?

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