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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 obstacles.”
(b) “Two heads of state.”
(c) “Two stories.”
(d) “Two sets of books.”

2. What does Mercy discover left behind on Mr. Butler’s desk after Jack has left the room at the end of Chapter 42?
(a) Jack’s watch.
(b) Jack’s letter.
(c) Jack’s ring.
(d) Jack’s pistol.

3. What is the name of Tobias’s sister-in-law who lives in his household?
(a) Elizabeth.
(b) Wilma.
(c) Patricia.
(d) Sarah.

4. What is the secret that Tobias is said to harbor in Chapter 10?
(a) He is an escaped convict.
(b) He is a millionaire.
(c) His is secretly married to two women.
(d) He is in love with his wife’s sister.

5. What was the name of Jack’s benefactor growing up?
(a) Henry Phipps.
(b) Silas Smith.
(c) Edward Constable.
(d) Wilf Partridge.

Short Answer Questions

1. Tobias is said to have purchased the hand of a thief at a little shop where in Chapter 13?

2. What term from Chapter 22 refers to a working-class movement for political reform in Britain between 1838 and 1848?

3. For how many gentlemen is Miss Mott cooking dinner in the beginning of Chapter 4?

4. Who does Jack say Mrs. Halfstairs had him deliver a message to when he is discovered in the kitchen by Mr. Butler in Chapter 30?

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?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the reader learn about the relationship between Mr. Butler and Mercy in Chapter 30? What does Jack reveal to Mr. Butler in this chapter?

3. To whom does Jack write a letter in Chapter 21? What is revealed in this letter?

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

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

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

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

8. What causes the confrontation between Jack and Percy Butler in Chapter 17?

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

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

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