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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. Through whose house does Jack escape from to the street below in the end of Chapter 9?
(a) Mr. Smith’s.
(b) Mr. Laurence’s.
(c) Mr. Pope’s.
(d) Mr. Phipps’s.

2. 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 humanist.”
(c) “I am likewise afflicted.”
(d) “I am a priest.”

3. What is the name of the young girl orphan that Tobias first views in the morgue in Chapter 34?
(a) Sarah Smith.
(b) Mavis Crofts.
(c) Mary Britten.
(d) Amy Griff.

4. Where is the bookstore called Lackington’s Temple of the Muses said to be located in Chapter 18?
(a) Great Queen Street.
(b) Whitechapel.
(c) Lamb’s Conduit Street.
(d) Finsbury Square.

5. What does Miss Mott reply when Mercy says in Chapter 4, “I don’t think he’s a footman at all. Don’t he look ever so distinguished?”
(a) “He looks like a thief.”
(b) “He looks like a gentleman.”
(c) “He looks like a murderer.”
(d) “He looks like a lord.”

Short Answer Questions

1. Chapter 17 begins on Tuesday morning on what date?

2. The narrator notes in Chapter 25 that there are what “in all crooked businesses”?

3. Where had Mercy Larkin’s father worked as a mechanic, according to the narrator in Chapter 19?

4. What was the name of Jack’s benefactor growing up?

5. What physical curiosity is noted of the man in the red waistcoat both aboard the coach and outside the gin bar in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Miss Mott doing in the beginning of Chapter 4? What are her thoughts about the household where she works?

2. What does Jack do after the dinner party in Chapter 9?

3. What conversation does Mercy overhear between Mr. Buckle and Mr. Makepeace in Chapter 33?

4. What does Jack do after the departure of the visitor in Mr. Butler’s home in Chapter 40?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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