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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the real role Mercy has in Mr. Butler’s household?
(a) She is his wife.
(b) She is his daughter.
(c) She is his sister.
(d) She is his mistress.

2. Who was the master of Mr. Buckle’s home on Great Queen Street prior to Mr. Buckle?
(a) Mr. Oates.
(b) Mr. Foster.
(c) Mr. Spinks.
(d) Mr. Quentin.

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

4. 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 lawyer.
(b) A doctor.
(c) A painter.
(d) An actor.

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

6. Where does Jack say he and his adopted family moved after the summer of 1801?
(a) Islington.
(b) Buckingham Palace.
(c) Wapping.
(d) Whitechapel.

7. 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) Three pennies.
(b) A crown.
(c) A double-crown.
(d) A penny.

8. 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.

9. What does Mercy discover left behind on Mr. Butler’s desk after Jack has left the room at the end of Chapter 42?
(a) Jack’s letter.
(b) Jack’s watch.
(c) Jack’s ring.
(d) Jack’s pistol.

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

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

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

13. Who are the undertakers in Gibbons Lane that Tobias goes to see in Chapter 34?
(a) Hawke & Sons.
(b) Foster & Sons.
(c) Williams & Sons.
(d) Larkin & Sons.

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

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Tobias is said in Chapter 13 to have ambitions to become “a novelist who might topple” who himself?

2. 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?

3. What is the name of the lawyer that had brought Mr. Buckle his “Great Good Fortune”?

4. Who has collapsed outside the door of Mr. Butler’s study in Chapter 42?

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

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