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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 was the master of Mr. Buckle’s home on Great Queen Street prior to Mr. Buckle?
(a) Mr. Quentin.
(b) Mr. Oates.
(c) Mr. Foster.
(d) Mr. Spinks.

2. On what street does Tobias live in Chapter 10?
(a) Whitechapel Street.
(b) Great Queen Street.
(c) Lamb’s Conduit Street.
(d) Chancery Lane.

3. Tobias is said to have purchased the hand of a thief at a little shop where in Chapter 13?
(a) Whitechapel.
(b) Tyburn.
(c) Lyceum.
(d) Wapping.

4. Mercy tells Jack in Chapter 41 that she went to a Metzmetric Concert where with Mr. Constable?
(a) Lamb’s Conduit Street.
(b) Great Queen Street.
(c) Great Windmill Street.
(d) Chancery Lane.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?”

2. Where was John Sheppard said to have been hanged in Chapter 13?

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

4. Where did Mercy live in a slum with her mother in her past?

5. How much money does Tobias presume he will get for writing the story of Jack in Chapter 34?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How are Jack’s daily activities described in Chapter 25? How does he spend his time?

3. How is Tobias’s household and family described in Chapter 10? What is Tobias’s secret that is revealed in the chapter?

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

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

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

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

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

9. What is discovered about the history of Jack in Chapters 23 and 24? How is this discovery made?

10. How is the setting for the novel established in Chapter 1? When and where does the story begin?

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