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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 sister-in-law who lives in his household?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Elizabeth.
(c) Wilma.
(d) Patricia.

2. Where does Mr. Buckle say he formerly had his little shop in Chapter 9?
(a) Cornwell.
(b) Clerkenwell.
(c) Whitechapel.
(d) Wapping.

3. What role is Tobias playing when he arrives at Mr. Butler’s home in Chapter 39?
(a) Sir William McReady.
(b) Sir Spencer Spence.
(c) King Lear.
(d) Edward the Great.

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

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

6. The visitor who arrives at Mr. Butler’s home in Chapter 37 is said to be what by the footman who answers the door?
(a) A doctor.
(b) A lawyer.
(c) A painter.
(d) An actor.

7. On what street does Tobias live in Chapter 10?
(a) Whitechapel Street.
(b) Chancery Lane.
(c) Great Queen Street.
(d) Lamb’s Conduit Street.

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

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

10. Who is the old dustman that Silas arranged to pick up the sacks of stolen goods that Jack stole, according to Jack’s letter in Chapter 43?
(a) Mr. James.
(b) Mr. Jamm.
(c) Mr. Figgs.
(d) Mr. Cobblestone.

11. What does the word “finder” refer to in the narrative?
(a) A poor person.
(b) A miner.
(c) A thief.
(d) A prostitute.

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

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

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

15. Tobias is said to have purchased the hand of a thief at a little shop where in Chapter 13?
(a) Tyburn.
(b) Whitechapel.
(c) Lyceum.
(d) Wapping.

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

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

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

5. By what name does Tobias refer to his sister-in-law in Chapter 22?

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