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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the title of the Character Sketch that Tobias writes for the Observer in Chapter 50?
(a) “Witchy Wanda.”
(b) “Titchy Tate.”
(c) “Sarah Silversmith.”
(d) “Jack Maggs.”

2. Who is the man that knows Jack and who works at the Bull Inn in Chapter 66?
(a) Silas Smith.
(b) George Conklin.
(c) Samuel Laurence.
(d) Wilf Partridge.

3. What was the name of the man that Tobias’s father was accused of killing when Tobias was a child?
(a) Mr. Judd.
(b) Mr. Devonshire.
(c) Mr. James.
(d) Mr. Smith.

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

5. What is the truth about the history between Constable and Mr. Phipps?
(a) They were brothers.
(b) They had committed a robbery together.
(c) They had been lovers.
(d) They had been rivals over Mercy.

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

7. What judge does Jack describe as having condemned him as vermin in his letter to Henry in Chapter 59?
(a) Judge Ross.
(b) Judge Denman.
(c) Judge Liesenhall.
(d) Judge Anderson.

8. 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) Tuberculosis.
(b) Suicide.
(c) Pneumonia.
(d) Dysentery.

9. What weapon does Mr. Butler give to Henry in Chapter 79?
(a) A sword.
(b) A dagger.
(c) A rifle.
(d) A pistol.

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

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

12. How does Mr. Buckle describe his relationship to Jack when he speaks with Henry in chapter 73?
(a) Jack Maggs is his rival.
(b) Jack Maggs is his son.
(c) Jack Maggs is his boss.
(d) Jack Maggs is his father.

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

14. Where are Tobias and Jack helped aboard a coach in the beginning of Chapter 77?
(a) Gloucestershire.
(b) Wapping.
(c) Whitechapel.
(d) Tyburn.

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

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. 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?

3. For how long is Tobias to be gone in Gloucester, according to Mary in Chapter 64?

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

5. How old does the narrator say Dick Maggs was “when Jack returned from England” in Chapter 91?

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