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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By what year does Jack say in his letter that he and his family “ate best brisket, chump chops, rolled roast beef from the butcher’s shop in Upper Street, and Mrs. Britten was the owner of two freehold titles” in Chapter 58?
(a) 1832.
(b) 1801.
(c) 1818.
(d) 1806.

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

3. According to the chapter from Tobias’s book in Chapter 74, Sophina was charged with stealing the property of whom?
(a) Lord Williams.
(b) Gilbert Gunn.
(c) Lord Durnam.
(d) King Charles.

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

5. What name does Mary recall having been tattooed on Mary Britten’s wrist in Chapter 86?
(a) Tom.
(b) Silas.
(c) Jack.
(d) Peter.

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

7. 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) Great Expectations.
(c) Captain Crumley.
(d) Oliver Twist.

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

9. Who is said to be sleeping in the nursery with Tobias’s son after the doctor’s departure in Chapter 54?
(a) Mary Oates.
(b) Mrs. Halfstairs.
(c) Mrs. Jones.
(d) Mrs. Britten.

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

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) Silas Smith’s.
(c) Sir Spencer Spence’s.
(d) Mr. Pope’s.

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

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

14. 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?
(a) Dr. Hardwick.
(b) Dr. Smith.
(c) Dr. Grieves.
(d) Dr. Snipes.

15. What do Jack and Tobias use to bail water from the sinking boat in Chapter 71?
(a) Tobias’s attaché case.
(b) Tobias’s top hat.
(c) Jack’s suitcase.
(d) Jack’s boots.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose body does the Thief-taker say he found “when everyone said he was touring in the Pyrenees” in Chapter 67?

2. What objects does Jack send out along with his letters to Mr. Phipps?

3. How old is Elizabeth in Chapter 61?

4. 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?

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

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