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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who does Mary Oates go to see when she leaves her home in Chapter 77?
(a) Percy Buckle.
(b) Mary Britten.
(c) Henry Phipps.
(d) Jack Maggs.

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

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

5. How much money does Jack say that Henry’s education cost him each year?
(a) 100 pounds.
(b) 10 pounds.
(c) 50 pounds.
(d) 20 pounds.

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

7. What does Mr. Butler do to Mercy at the end of Chapter 80?
(a) He proposes to her.
(b) He kisses her.
(c) He fires her.
(d) He kills her.

8. Where is Mary Oates from?
(a) Gloucestershire.
(b) Wapping.
(c) Whitechapel.
(d) Buckinghamshire.

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

10. What does Jack tell Mr. Spinks he should never look in the eye in Chapter 46?
(a) A pooka.
(b) A cat.
(c) A lion.
(d) A mule.

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

12. The narrator states in the opening of Chapter 79, “Henry Phipps had always been excessively afraid of” what?
(a) “Thieves.”
(b) “Lightning.”
(c) “Women.”
(d) “Thunder.”

13. What does Jack reveal to Constable about Henry Phipps in Chapter 47?
(a) That Henry is his son.
(b) That Henry is his father.
(c) That Henry is his enemy.
(d) That Henry is his brother.

14. What is the name of the beloved tutor that rescued Henry from the orphanage?
(a) Percy Buckle.
(b) Silas Smith.
(c) Samuel Laurence.
(d) Victor Littlehales.

15. How does Jack kill the Thief-taker in Chapter 68?
(a) He shoots him.
(b) He hangs him.
(c) He hits him with an axe.
(d) He slits his throat.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where had Tobias spent his fourth year at a home for orphaned boys?

2. How old was Tobias when his father was charged with killing a man?

3. What is the name of the Thief-taker that Jack gives at the Bull Inn?

4. For how many years does Jack say he spent in “a hell called Moreton Bay” in Chapter 47?

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

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