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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. What is the name of the coach that the man with the red waistcoat arrives in, in the beginning of Chapter 1?
(a) The Charger.
(b) The Jackson.
(c) The Rocket.
(d) The Blue Pony.

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

3. Where does Jack say he and his adopted family moved after the summer of 1801?
(a) Whitechapel.
(b) Wapping.
(c) Islington.
(d) Buckingham Palace.

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

5. What is the name of the young carpenter’s apprentice that Tobias sees burned in the morgue in Chapter 34?
(a) Wilf Partridge.
(b) Edward Constable.
(c) Silas Smith.
(d) Thomas Griff.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Tobias said to be in Chapter 10?

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

3. Who is the “lever man, a great half-wit pugilist” that Jack describes in his letter in Chapter 43?

4. Who is the first to go into the scullery and meet with the visiting “doctor” in Chapter 39?

5. Where does Mr. Buckle say he formerly had his little shop in Chapter 9?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. 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?

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

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

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

8. How are the emotional and mental states of Mr. Butler’s servants described in Chapters 40-42?

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

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

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