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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What color is Tobias’s daily workbook where he records the words of Jack under hypnosis?
(a) Red.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Blue.
(d) Green.

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

6. How much money does Tobias presume he will get for writing the story of Jack in Chapter 34?
(a) 5 pounds.
(b) 20 pounds.
(c) 10 pounds.
(d) 50 pounds.

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

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

9. The “doctor” who appears at Mr. Butler’s home in Chapters 37-39 speaks of what being present on Great Queen Street?
(a) Dysentery.
(b) Tuberculosis.
(c) Contagion.
(d) Black Plague.

10. 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 letter.
(b) Jack’s ring.
(c) Jack’s pistol.
(d) Jack’s watch.

11. How is the weather described in the morning that begins Chapter 33?
(a) Crisp and windy.
(b) Gray and drizzling.
(c) Sunny and clear.
(d) Cold and snowing.

12. Where was John Sheppard said to have been hanged in Chapter 13?
(a) Wapping.
(b) Tyburn.
(c) Whitechapel.
(d) Lyceum.

13. Who are the undertakers in Gibbons Lane that Tobias goes to see in Chapter 34?
(a) Foster & Sons.
(b) Williams & Sons.
(c) Larkin & Sons.
(d) Hawke & Sons.

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

15. Who is the “lever man, a great half-wit pugilist” that Jack describes in his letter in Chapter 43?
(a) Smith.
(b) Wexall.
(c) Foster.
(d) Pope.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what inn does the man in the red waistcoat arrive in the beginning of Chapter 1?

2. What is the name of Mary Britten’s “big red-boned son”?

3. What is the name of Mercy’s mother?

4. What is the name of the young girl orphan that Tobias first views in the morgue in Chapter 34?

5. What physical curiosity is noted of the man in the red waistcoat both aboard the coach and outside the gin bar in Chapter 1?

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