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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How long does Mary tell Elizabeth that she’s known about her condition in Chapter 86?
(a) 1 month.
(b) 2 weeks.
(c) 2 months.
(d) 1 week.

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

4. What novel is Elizabeth Warriner reading in the opening of Chapter 64?
(a) Castle Rackrent.
(b) Adam Smith.
(c) Great Expectations.
(d) Captain Crumley.

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

6. Where does Mercy tell Jack she will take him to find Henry at the end of Chapter 84?
(a) Covent Garden.
(b) Great Windmill Street.
(c) Lineham Hall.
(d) Buckingham Palace.

7. 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?
(a) Silas Smith.
(b) Wilf Partridge.
(c) Samuel Laurence.
(d) Cheery Entwhistle.

8. How many of the abortion pills does Tobias give to Elizabeth downstairs as Jack waits for him in the study in Chapter 82?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 1.
(d) 4.

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

10. 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) Great Expectations.
(b) Michael Adams.
(c) Oliver Twist.
(d) Captain Crumley.

11. Under whose tutelage does Tobias say the Thief-taker studied Animal Magnetism in Chapter 67?
(a) M. Labatte.
(b) M. Zouiche.
(c) M. Thierot.
(d) M. Pierot.

12. 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.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose assurance does Tobias have that the Thief-taker will receive messages at the Bull, according to the narrator in Chapter 66?

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

3. Where does the narrator in Chapter 83 says Tobias and Lizzie bought the fire-screen together?

4. 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?

5. What name does Mary recall having been tattooed on Mary Britten’s wrist in Chapter 86?

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