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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. Who is the “lever man, a great half-wit pugilist” that Jack describes in his letter in Chapter 43?
(a) Wexall.
(b) Foster.
(c) Smith.
(d) Pope.

2. The visitor who arrives at Mr. Butler’s home in Chapter 37 is said to be what by the footman who answers the door?
(a) A lawyer.
(b) A painter.
(c) A doctor.
(d) An actor.

3. Who has collapsed outside the door of Mr. Butler’s study in Chapter 42?
(a) Mr. Pope.
(b) Mr. Butler.
(c) Mr. Spinks.
(d) Mr. Constable.

4. What is the name of the estate where Edward Constable worked prior to working at Great Queen Street?
(a) Westchester Hall.
(b) Buckingham Palace.
(c) Lineham Hall.
(d) Tyburn Hall.

5. Where does Henry Hawthorne have lunch with Tobias on April 23 in Chapter 25?
(a) The Sergeant’s Inn.
(b) The Bull Inn.
(c) The Gloucester Inn.
(d) The White Lion.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does Jack pen a letter in Chapter 21?

2. What does the word “finder” refer to in the narrative?

3. What is the name of Tobias’s wife?

4. Through whose house does Jack escape from to the street below in the end of Chapter 9?

5. What is the name of Tobias’s son?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who arrives at the home of Percy in Chapter 37? How is this character described?

2. What happens when Edward Constable confronts Henry in Chapter 45?

3. How is Jack’s demeanor when he awakens in Chapter 31? What does Jack learn from Edward Constable?

4. What does Jack do on Great Queen Street in Chapter 2? Who is he mistaken for?

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

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 is the study of Tobias described in Chapter 13? What eccentricities fill his study?

9. What deal is made between Jack and Tobias in Chapter 13?

10. Where do Jack and Percy go in Chapter 22? Why?

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