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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Jack urges Constable to tell the coach driver that Jack wants “to dance with his sister” named what, in Chapter 18?
(a) Miss Titter.
(b) Miss Class.
(c) Miss Lineman.
(d) Miss Flask.

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

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

6. How much money did Jack’s benefactor pay to take his naked body when he was found as an infant under the London Bridge?
(a) A penny.
(b) A crown.
(c) A double-crown.
(d) Three pennies.

7. Who is said to have painted a portrait of Tobias in 1838?
(a) Charles Dickens.
(b) Pablo Picasso.
(c) Samuel Laurence.
(d) Lord Byron.

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

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

10. What term from Chapter 22 refers to a working-class movement for political reform in Britain between 1838 and 1848?
(a) Whig.
(b) Chartist.
(c) Tory.
(d) Republican.

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

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

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

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

15. What is the precise date given by the narrator in Chapter 1 when the man with the red waistcoat arrives in London?
(a) September 14, 1837.
(b) March 12, 1836.
(c) April 15, 1837.
(d) May 1, 1837.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the driver of Mr. Butler’s coach in Chapter 18?

2. In what year was Jack transported out of London with a life sentence?

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

4. The Patent Office Library is described as being on what street in Chapter 18?

5. Tobias tells the guests at the dinner party in Chapter 7 that the cerebrum “is a vessel that never” what?

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