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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the driver of Mr. Butler’s coach in Chapter 18?
(a) Mr. Smith.
(b) Mr. Pope.
(c) Mr. Constable.
(d) Mr. Foster.

2. Where does Mr. Buckle say he formerly had his little shop in Chapter 9?
(a) Cornwell.
(b) Wapping.
(c) Whitechapel.
(d) Clerkenwell.

3. Percy Butler is said to be no taller than what height in Chapter 30?
(a) 5'.
(b) 5’2”.
(c) 4’10”.
(d) 6'.

4. What does Mercy discover left behind on Mr. Butler’s desk after Jack has left the room at the end of Chapter 42?
(a) Jack’s pistol.
(b) Jack’s ring.
(c) Jack’s letter.
(d) Jack’s watch.

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

6. What does Edward Constable define in Chapter 38 as someone who is “rich and has no manners”?
(a) An intellectual.
(b) An eccentric.
(c) A snob.
(d) A debutante.

7. How many cats did Mr. Buckle inherit along with his house on Great Queen Street?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 10.
(d) 7.

8. Where does Jack say he and his adopted family moved after the summer of 1801?
(a) Whitechapel.
(b) Islington.
(c) Wapping.
(d) Buckingham Palace.

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

10. Chapter 17 begins on Tuesday morning on what date?
(a) June 16, 1837.
(b) April 18, 1837.
(c) June 19, 1836.
(d) September 12, 1838.

11. What is the name of the young girl orphan that Tobias first views in the morgue in Chapter 34?
(a) Sarah Smith.
(b) Amy Griff.
(c) Mary Britten.
(d) Mavis Crofts.

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

13. Mercy tells Jack in Chapter 41 that she went to a Metzmetric Concert where with Mr. Constable?
(a) Lamb’s Conduit Street.
(b) Great Queen Street.
(c) Chancery Lane.
(d) Great Windmill Street.

14. What is the name of Mr. Buckle’s “bibulous and senile butler” that he inherited along with his house on Great Queen Street?
(a) Mr. Constable.
(b) Mr. Foster.
(c) Mr. Spinks.
(d) Mr. Pope.

15. What is the profession of Mr. Tobias Oates?
(a) He is an actor.
(b) He is an orchestra maestro.
(c) He is a painter.
(d) He is an author.

Short Answer Questions

1. What role is Tobias playing when he arrives at Mr. Butler’s home in Chapter 39?

2. Mercy tells Jack in Chapter 28 that Mr. Buckle had a sister that was transported where?

3. Jack urges Constable to tell the coach driver that Jack wants “to dance with his sister” named what, in Chapter 18?

4. What is the name of the estate where Edward Constable worked prior to working at Great Queen Street?

5. Who is the “lever man, a great half-wit pugilist” that Jack describes in his letter in Chapter 43?

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