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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 Chamberlain.
(c) Lord Sanders.
(d) Lord Darcy.

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

3. Where does Jack encounter Mercy in Chapter 84?
(a) In the St. Jude Cemetery.
(b) In Mr. Butler’s attic.
(c) In Henry Phipps’s house.
(d) In the corner tavern.

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

5. What does Mercy have that she found in a little envelope in Jack’s pocket in Chapter 49?
(a) A key and a number.
(b) A ring and a watch.
(c) A letter and a postcard.
(d) Two locks of baby’s hair.

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

7. Where does Tobias spend the night at a lodging house in Chapter 55?
(a) Tyburn.
(b) Fox Court.
(c) Chancery Lane.
(d) Wapping.

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

9. Into what neighborhood did Tobias’s father settle after he received a pardon for his murder charge?
(a) Soho.
(b) Whitechapel.
(c) Noho.
(d) Tyburn.

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

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

12. The narrator states in the opening of Chapter 82, “It had always been Tobias’s method to approach his subject by way of” what?
(a) “The body.”
(b) “The spirit.”
(c) “The childhood.”
(d) “The mind.”

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

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

15. The narrator states in Chapter 91 that at “the instant Henry Phipps discharged the pistol,” who “died in her bed”?
(a) “Lizzie Warriner.”
(b) “Mercy Larkin.”
(c) “Mary Oates.”
(d) “Mary Britten.”

Short Answer Questions

1. What judge does Jack describe as having condemned him as vermin in his letter to Henry in Chapter 59?

2. What is the title of the Character Sketch that Tobias writes for the Observer in Chapter 50?

3. Under whose tutelage does Tobias say the Thief-taker studied Animal Magnetism in Chapter 67?

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?

5. The garment that Mary Oates is clothing her infant son in is said to be a gift from whom, in Chapter 64?

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