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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. By what source on his land in Australia does Jack say he earned his fortune in Chapter 62?
(a) Silver.
(b) Coal.
(c) Clay.
(d) Gold.

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

10. How old does Jack say Henry was the last time he saw him in Chapter 85?
(a) 10.
(b) 12.
(c) 4.
(d) 6.

11. It is Jack’s plan to travel down the river until he and Tobias arrive where, in Chapter 71?
(a) Harrismith.
(b) Tyburn.
(c) Bristol.
(d) Whitechapel.

12. 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. James.
(c) Mr. Judd.
(d) Mr. Devonshire.

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

14. When Jack met Henry, Henry told him he was an orphan and that he was to be sent where to live with other orphans, according to Jack’s story in Chapter 71?
(a) Tyburn.
(b) Harrismith.
(c) Chancery Lane.
(d) Wapping.

15. In Chapter 62, Tobias begins his novel about Jack. In what year does his first chapter open?
(a) 1805.
(b) 1818.
(c) 1825.
(d) 1835.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name on the pill bottles that Mary Britten began selling instead of sausages, according to Jack’s letter in Chapter 58?

2. How old is Elizabeth in Chapter 61?

3. In Chapter 91, the narrator states that Mercy insisted the Maggs family move from Sydney to where after her arrival?

4. At what location do Jack and Tobias and their fellow passengers decide to abandon the coach and walk the road while the train descends in Chapter 66?

5. Henry’s tutor that saved him from the orphanage disappeared from his life on the eve of Henry’s birthday to turn how old?

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