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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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 murderer.”
(c) “He looks like a thief.”
(d) “He looks like a lord.”

4. 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) Thursday.
(c) Wednesday.
(d) Saturday.

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

6. Who is the 70-year-old woman that the man in the red waistcoat addresses outside of her home at Number Four Cecil Street in Chapter 1?
(a) Mary Oates.
(b) Elizabeth Warriner.
(c) Sarah Oates.
(d) Mary Britten.

7. What does Jack do after the doctor leaves Mr. Butler’s house in Chapter 40?
(a) He creeps into the alley to follow him.
(b) He calls the police.
(c) He sends out all the servants.
(d) He nails the doors and windows shut.

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

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

10. What is the name of the little girl that helped Jack break into homes for Silas Smith in Chapter 43?
(a) Mary.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Elizabeth.
(d) Sophina.

11. Who is the chief actor at the Lyceum Theatre and a guest at Mr. Buckle’s estate in Chapter 7?
(a) Henry Hawthorne.
(b) Samuel Laurence.
(c) Edward Constable.
(d) Wilf Partridge.

12. The narrator notes in Chapter 25 that there are what “in all crooked businesses”?
(a) “Two sets of obstacles.”
(b) “Two heads of state.”
(c) “Two sets of books.”
(d) “Two stories.”

13. For how many gentlemen is Miss Mott cooking dinner in the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 6.
(d) 7.

14. Through whose house does Jack escape from to the street below in the end of Chapter 9?
(a) Mr. Laurence’s.
(b) Mr. Phipps’s.
(c) Mr. Pope’s.
(d) Mr. Smith’s.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Henry Hawthorne have lunch with Tobias on April 23 in Chapter 25?

2. To whom does Jack pen a letter in Chapter 21?

3. By what nickname does Jack call Mercy in Chapter 20?

4. What was the name of Jack’s benefactor growing up?

5. In what year was John Sheppard said to have been hanged in Chapter 13?

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