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

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

3. What has Jack drunk a bottle of from Mr. Butler’s cellar when he awakens in the morning in Chapter 32?
(a) Wine.
(b) Gin.
(c) Claret.
(d) Scotch whisky.

4. By what name does Tobias refer to his sister-in-law in Chapter 22?
(a) Miss McLaughlin.
(b) Miss Warriner.
(c) Miss Ross.
(d) Miss Matthews.

5. What term from Chapter 22 refers to a working-class movement for political reform in Britain between 1838 and 1848?
(a) Republican.
(b) Tory.
(c) Chartist.
(d) Whig.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Jack do with Mercy when she encounters him in the basement in Chapter 41?

4. Of what book written Tobias is it said that Mary Oates “never grasped the point”?

5. How is the weather described in the morning that begins Chapter 33?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. How is the character of Edward Constable described in Chapter 6? What does he bring to Jack?

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

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