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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what time do Tobias and Jack cross the River Thames in the beginning of Chapter 78?
(a) 7:00 p.m.
(b) 8:00 p.m.
(c) 9:00 p.m.
(d) 6:00 p.m.

2. The garment that Mary Oates is clothing her infant son in is said to be a gift from whom, in Chapter 64?
(a) Aunt Susy.
(b) Aunt Jenny.
(c) Aunt Bet.
(d) Aunt Sarah.

3. How old is Elizabeth in Chapter 61?
(a) 18.
(b) 16.
(c) 20.
(d) 15.

4. A bailiff with muddy boots brings Tobias three promissory notes signed by whom in Chapter 50?
(a) Mr. Pope.
(b) Elizabeth Warriner.
(c) John Oates.
(d) Mary Britten.

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

6. Mary tells Elizabeth that she gave her medicine in what, in Chapter 86?
(a) In her dinner.
(b) In her afternoon cocktail.
(c) In her milk.
(d) In her tea.

7. When the Thief-taker first appears at the Bull Inn to meet with Jack and Tobias, he appears to be what?
(a) A clergyman.
(b) A little boy.
(c) A doctor.
(d) An old woman.

8. Elizabeth tells Tobias in the beginning of Chapter 61 that she plans to go where by herself?
(a) To France.
(b) To Spain.
(c) To Australia.
(d) To America.

9. How old was Tobias when his father was charged with killing a man?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

10. What was the name on the pill bottles that Mary Britten began selling instead of sausages, according to Jack’s letter in Chapter 58?
(a) Ma Britten’s Special Remedy Pills for Women.
(b) Ma Britten’s Secret Ingredient Pills for Female Disorders.
(c) Dr. Britten’s Cock’s Spur Pills for Female Disorders.
(d) Dr. Britten’s Dysentery Curative Pills.

11. Where had Tobias spent his fourth year at a home for orphaned boys?
(a) Wapping.
(b) Shropshire.
(c) Whitechapel.
(d) Tyburn.

12. Mercy realizes in Chapter 85 that Jack has biological children located where?
(a) In Whitechapel.
(b) In Australia.
(c) In Ireland.
(d) In France.

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

14. 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.

15. Whom does the Thief-taker say he found “who was taken from her mother’s arms” in Chapter 67?
(a) Sarah Smith.
(b) Elizabeth Warriner.
(c) Emily Tudball.
(d) Mary Oates.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What kind of boat do Jack and Tobias escape in, in Chapter 70?

3. What is the name of the publisher that Tobias has gone to see about signing a contract for Tobias’s next novel about Jack Maggs in Chapter 61?

4. Where did Mary Britten supposedly own a “commodious gentlemen’s residence,” according to Jack’s letter in Chapter 58?

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

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