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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Mary Britten’s medicinal sausages are implied to induce what?
(a) Sleep.
(b) Pain.
(c) Abortion.
(d) Vomiting.

3. When Tobias offers to help Jack with his inner demons in Tobias’s office in Chapter 13, Jack replies, “But what is it to you, Sir? It is my pain after all.” What is Tobias’s response?
(a) “I am a naturalist.”
(b) “I am a humanist.”
(c) “I am likewise afflicted.”
(d) “I am a priest.”

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

5. What role is Tobias playing when he arrives at Mr. Butler’s home in Chapter 39?
(a) Sir Spencer Spence.
(b) Edward the Great.
(c) Sir William McReady.
(d) King Lear.

6. What is the name of the coach that the man with the red waistcoat arrives in, in the beginning of Chapter 1?
(a) The Rocket.
(b) The Charger.
(c) The Blue Pony.
(d) The Jackson.

7. Where does Henry Hawthorne have lunch with Tobias on April 23 in Chapter 25?
(a) The Gloucester Inn.
(b) The White Lion.
(c) The Sergeant’s Inn.
(d) The Bull Inn.

8. Of what book written Tobias is it said that Mary Oates “never grasped the point”?
(a) Great Expectations.
(b) Mrs. Darcy.
(c) Captain Crumley.
(d) Oliver Twist.

9. What weapon does Jack carry as he goes to the door of Mr. Butler’s study in Chapter 42?
(a) A pistol.
(b) A dagger.
(c) A rifle.
(d) An axe.

10. What physical curiosity is noted of the man in the red waistcoat both aboard the coach and outside the gin bar in Chapter 1?
(a) He has a scar from his mouth to his temple.
(b) He is missing three fingers in his right hand.
(c) He is missing two fingers on his left hand.
(d) He is missing his right foot.

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

12. Who is the first to go into the scullery and meet with the visiting “doctor” in Chapter 39?
(a) Jack Maggs.
(b) Mrs. Halfstairs.
(c) Tobias Oates.
(d) Mr. Constable.

13. At what inn does the man in the red waistcoat arrive in the beginning of Chapter 1?
(a) The Golden Ox.
(b) The Bull Inn.
(c) The Maxwell Inn.
(d) The Gloucester Inn.

14. What is the conclusion that the “doctor” comes to after inspecting the household’s servants in Chapter 39?
(a) To quarantine the house.
(b) To evacuate the house.
(c) To burn the house.
(d) To call in more doctors.

15. What is the name of Tobias’s son?
(a) Edward Oates.
(b) John Oates.
(c) Jack Oates.
(d) Peter Oates.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jack do with Mercy when she encounters him in the basement in Chapter 41?

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

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

4. What is the name of the lawyer that had brought Mr. Buckle his “Great Good Fortune”?

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

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