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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Jack say is heartbroken when he is under Tobias’s hypnotism in Chapter 55?
(a) Sophina.
(b) Mary.
(c) Mercy.
(d) Sarah.

2. By what source on his land in Australia does Jack say he earned his fortune in Chapter 62?
(a) Silver.
(b) Clay.
(c) Gold.
(d) Coal.

3. Whose body does the Thief-taker say he found “when everyone said he was touring in the Pyrenees” in Chapter 67?
(a) Lord Thompson.
(b) Lord Darcy.
(c) Lord Sanders.
(d) Lord Chamberlain.

4. 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) Michael Adams.
(b) Captain Crumley.
(c) Great Expectations.
(d) Oliver Twist.

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

6. What doctor does Tobias write to when Jack appears requesting one for the butler in Chapter 50?
(a) Dr. Hardwick.
(b) Dr. Smith.
(c) Dr. Grieves.
(d) Dr. Peterman.

7. In Chapter 62, Tobias begins his novel about Jack. In what year does his first chapter open?
(a) 1805.
(b) 1825.
(c) 1835.
(d) 1818.

8. What does the doctor demand as payment for his services after he’s saved Tobias’s baby from infection in Chapter 53?
(a) Tobias’s wedding ring.
(b) Elizabeth’s necklace.
(c) Mary’s wedding ring.
(d) Tobias’s painting.

9. Mr. Makepeace describes what historical court case involving an heir in Chapter 79?
(a) The Crown versus Foster.
(b) The Crown versus Britten.
(c) The Crown versus Forsythe.
(d) The Crown versus Smith.

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

11. The doctor that comes to see Spinks says that he will put down what as the cause of death on the death certificate in Chapter 50?
(a) Dysentery.
(b) Pneumonia.
(c) Tuberculosis.
(d) Suicide.

12. Who opens the door of Henry’s home and shouts at Henry to fire in Chapter 90?
(a) Jack Maggs.
(b) Percy Buckle.
(c) Mercy Larkin.
(d) Mr. Makepeace.

13. Henry meets with Mr. Butler and his lawyer in a subaltern of what regiment in Chapter 79?
(a) The 57th Foot Regiment.
(b) The 15th Foot Regiment.
(c) The 72nd Foot Regiment.
(d) The 63rd Foot Regiment.

14. What is the name of the Thief-taker that Jack gives at the Bull Inn?
(a) Wilf Partridge.
(b) Edward Constable.
(c) Percy Buckle.
(d) Silas Smith.

15. 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) 18.
(c) 16.
(d) 12.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 91, the narrator states that Mercy insisted the Maggs family move from Sydney to where after her arrival?

2. What doctor does Tobias recall in Wapping that had killed three of his spinster patients and fed their remains to his fox terrier in Chapter 53?

3. To what street does Mary Oates walk when she leaves home in Chapter 77?

4. It is Jack’s plan to travel down the river until he and Tobias arrive where, in Chapter 71?

5. What does Elizabeth reveal to Tobias in Chapter 54?

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