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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator notes in Chapter 25 that there are what “in all crooked businesses”?
(a) “Two sets of books.”
(b) “Two stories.”
(c) “Two sets of obstacles.”
(d) “Two heads of state.”

2. Who is the chief actor at the Lyceum Theatre and a guest at Mr. Buckle’s estate in Chapter 7?
(a) Samuel Laurence.
(b) Edward Constable.
(c) Wilf Partridge.
(d) Henry Hawthorne.

3. What role is Tobias playing when he arrives at Mr. Butler’s home in Chapter 39?
(a) Sir Spencer Spence.
(b) Edward the Great.
(c) Sir William McReady.
(d) King Lear.

4. How is the weather described in the morning that begins Chapter 33?
(a) Gray and drizzling.
(b) Sunny and clear.
(c) Crisp and windy.
(d) Cold and snowing.

5. When Tobias offers to help Jack with his inner demons in Tobias’s office in Chapter 13, Jack replies, “But what is it to you, Sir? It is my pain after all.” What is Tobias’s response?
(a) “I am a naturalist.”
(b) “I am a priest.”
(c) “I am a humanist.”
(d) “I am likewise afflicted.”

Short Answer Questions

1. Mercy tells Jack in Chapter 41 that she went to a Metzmetric Concert where with Mr. Constable?

2. In Chapter 7, Mr. Hawthorne describes an article from The Chronicle about a Russian gentleman who came from Sebastopol to learn what in London?

3. What is the name of Mercy’s mother?

4. In what year was John Sheppard said to have been hanged in Chapter 13?

5. By what name does Tobias refer to his sister-in-law in Chapter 22?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is the guest of honor at Mr. Buckle’s house in Chapter 7? How is this character described?

2. Where does Tobias travel to in Chapter 34? What does he do at this location?

3. What do the servants in Mr. Buckle’s house come to discover about Jack in Chapter 16? How does Jack respond?

4. What does Jack write about his first experience with thievery in his letter to Henry in Chapter 26?

5. How have Mr. Butler’s perceptions of Jack changed in Chapter 28?

6. What assessment is reached regarding the household of Percy in Chapter 39?

7. How is Mercy’s childhood described in Chapter 19? How did Mercy come to meet Mr. Butler?

8. How does Jack describe his progression as a thief in his letter from Chapter 43? Where did his family resettle during this time?

9. Where does Jack fall asleep in Chapter 12? Who finds him?

10. What news does Mr. Butler bring to Mr. Oates when Mr. Oates returns in Chapter 36?

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