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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 91, the narrator states that Mercy insisted the Maggs family move from Sydney to where after her arrival?
(a) Islington.
(b) Tyburn.
(c) Whitechapel.
(d) Wingham.

2. Tobias is compared to the hero of what novel written by him as he watches “his liberators pass him by while all the time berating himself for his own cowardice” in Chapter 76?
(a) Oliver Twist.
(b) Great Expectations.
(c) Michael Adams.
(d) Captain Crumley.

3. What does Jack say he was known for “in the Colony” when speaking to Tobias in Chapter 62?
(a) Vengeance.
(b) Execution.
(c) Authority.
(d) Planning.

4. Henry’s tutor that saved him from the orphanage disappeared from his life on the eve of Henry’s birthday to turn how old?
(a) 21.
(b) 16.
(c) 18.
(d) 12.

5. To what street does Mary Oates walk when she leaves home in Chapter 77?
(a) Chancery Lane.
(b) Cecil Street.
(c) Great Windmill Street.
(d) Great Queen Street.

6. At what time does Jack say he will return to Tobias’s door in the morning in Chapter 84?
(a) 7:00.
(b) 10:00.
(c) 9:00.
(d) 8:00.

7. Whose name does Jack insist that Tobias never repeat again in Chapter 73?
(a) Sophina’s.
(b) Mary’s.
(c) Sarah’s.
(d) Elizabeth’s.

8. For how long is Tobias to be gone in Gloucester, according to Mary in Chapter 64?
(a) 2 days.
(b) 4 days.
(c) 5 days.
(d) 6 days.

9. The letters that Jack sends to Henry Phipps are written with what?
(a) Disappearing ink.
(b) Blood.
(c) Magnetic ink.
(d) Marker.

10. Whose assurance does Tobias have that the Thief-taker will receive messages at the Bull, according to the narrator in Chapter 66?
(a) Sir Spencer Spence’s.
(b) Dr. Eliotson’s.
(c) Silas Smith’s.
(d) Mr. Pope’s.

11. Mary Oates refers to the doctor that treated her son as what after his departure in Chapter 54?
(a) A pawnbroker.
(b) A jackal.
(c) A thief.
(d) A hypocrite.

12. What does Elizabeth reveal to Tobias in Chapter 54?
(a) She is going to jail.
(b) She is getting married.
(c) She is taking a job.
(d) She is pregnant.

13. Where does Tobias tell Jack the Thief-catcher lives in Chapter 56?
(a) Gloucester.
(b) Tyburn.
(c) Whitechapel.
(d) Paris.

14. For how many hours in bed has Elizabeth suffering in the opening of Chapter 86?
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

15. Chapter 74 is comprised of what chapter of Tobias’s book about Jack?
(a) Chapter One.
(b) Chapter Three.
(c) Chapter Ten.
(d) Chapter Two.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many of the abortion pills does Tobias give to Elizabeth downstairs as Jack waits for him in the study in Chapter 82?

2. What weapon does Mr. Butler give to Henry in Chapter 79?

3. What name does Mary recall having been tattooed on Mary Britten’s wrist in Chapter 86?

4. What do Jack and Tobias use to bail water from the sinking boat in Chapter 71?

5. Whom does the Thief-taker say he found “who was taken from her mother’s arms” in Chapter 67?

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