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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. In what year was John Sheppard said to have been hanged in Chapter 13?
(a) 1724.
(b) 1799.
(c) 1659.
(d) 1812.

5. Where is the bookstore called Lackington’s Temple of the Muses said to be located in Chapter 18?
(a) Whitechapel.
(b) Lamb’s Conduit Street.
(c) Great Queen Street.
(d) Finsbury Square.

6. What night of the week is it when the man with the red waistcoat arrives in London in the opening of Chapter 1?
(a) Sunday.
(b) Saturday.
(c) Wednesday.
(d) Thursday.

7. What location does Constable tell Jack he mentioned while under hypnosis in Chapter 8?
(a) Borough.
(b) Maxwell.
(c) Wapping.
(d) Tyburn.

8. Where did Mercy live in a slum with her mother in her past?
(a) Chancery Lane.
(b) Whitechapel.
(c) Fetter Lane.
(d) Lamb’s Conduit Street.

9. Who has collapsed outside the door of Mr. Butler’s study in Chapter 42?
(a) Mr. Constable.
(b) Mr. Spinks.
(c) Mr. Butler.
(d) Mr. Pope.

10. 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. Oates.
(b) Mr. Stevens.
(c) Mr. Hawthorne.
(d) Mr. Pope.

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

12. What is the name of the hangman at Newgate Prison, according to the narrator in Chapter 33?
(a) Edward Constable.
(b) James Warsaw.
(c) Samuel Laurence.
(d) Harold Hoban.

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

14. What is the name of the young carpenter’s apprentice that Tobias sees burned in the morgue in Chapter 34?
(a) Thomas Griff.
(b) Silas Smith.
(c) Wilf Partridge.
(d) Edward Constable.

15. What is the name of Mercy’s father?
(a) Peter Larkin.
(b) Andrew Larkin.
(c) James Larkin.
(d) Horace Larkin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tobias take out and spin when he hypnotizes Jack in Chapter 22?

2. Mercy tells Jack in Chapter 41 that she went to a Metzmetric Concert where with Mr. Constable?

3. Who are the undertakers in Gibbons Lane that Tobias goes to see in Chapter 34?

4. What is the precise date given by the narrator in Chapter 1 when the man with the red waistcoat arrives in London?

5. How much money did Jack’s benefactor pay to take his naked body when he was found as an infant under the London Bridge?

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