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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 7, Mr. Hawthorne describes an article from The Chronicle about a Russian gentleman who came from Sebastopol to learn what in London?
(a) Magnetism.
(b) Veterinary medicine.
(c) Christianity.
(d) Hinduism.

2. What does Miss Mott reply when Mercy says in Chapter 4, “I don’t think he’s a footman at all. Don’t he look ever so distinguished?”
(a) “He looks like a gentleman.”
(b) “He looks like a thief.”
(c) “He looks like a murderer.”
(d) “He looks like a lord.”

3. 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) “Fluctuates.”
(d) “Wavers.”

4. To whom does Jack pen a letter in Chapter 21?
(a) Wilf Partridge.
(b) Silas Smith.
(c) Mercy Larkin.
(d) Henry Phipps.

5. Where had Mercy Larkin’s father worked as a mechanic, according to the narrator in Chapter 19?
(a) The Woodell Pickle Factory.
(b) The McLaughlin Tea Company.
(c) The Maxwell Tea Company.
(d) The Andrews Pickle Factory.

6. 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. Pope.
(b) Mr. Foster.
(c) Mr. Constable.
(d) Mr. Spinks.

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

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

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

10. The Patent Office Library is described as being on what street in Chapter 18?
(a) Finsbury Square.
(b) Great Queen Street.
(c) Chancery Lane.
(d) Lamb’s Conduit Street.

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

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

13. Who does Jack say Mrs. Halfstairs had him deliver a message to when he is discovered in the kitchen by Mr. Butler in Chapter 30?
(a) Mr. Pope.
(b) Mr. Stevens.
(c) Mr. Oates.
(d) Mr. Hawthorne.

14. How old is Tobias said to be in Chapter 10?
(a) 29.
(b) 32.
(c) 42.
(d) 24.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the coach that the man with the red waistcoat arrives in, in the beginning of Chapter 1?

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

3. Who is said to have painted a portrait of Tobias in 1838?

4. What is the name of Tobias’s son?

5. Who offers to send his friends to find Henry Phipps in Chapter 32?

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