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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. Percy Butler is said to be no taller than what height in Chapter 30?
(a) 5’2”.
(b) 6'.
(c) 5'.
(d) 4’10”.

2. Who is said to have painted a portrait of Tobias in 1838?
(a) Samuel Laurence.
(b) Pablo Picasso.
(c) Lord Byron.
(d) Charles Dickens.

3. What weapon does Jack carry as he goes to the door of Mr. Butler’s study in Chapter 42?
(a) A pistol.
(b) A dagger.
(c) A rifle.
(d) An axe.

4. Who is the chief actor at the Lyceum Theatre and a guest at Mr. Buckle’s estate in Chapter 7?
(a) Henry Hawthorne.
(b) Samuel Laurence.
(c) Wilf Partridge.
(d) Edward Constable.

5. By what nickname does Jack call Mercy in Chapter 20?
(a) Judy.
(b) Muffin.
(c) Lady.
(d) Sarah.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the precise date given by the narrator in Chapter 1 when the man with the red waistcoat arrives in London?

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

3. What is the name of Tobias’s son?

4. In Chapter 7, Mr. Hawthorne describes an article from The Chronicle about a Russian gentleman who came from Sebastopol to learn what in London?

5. What is the name of the lawyer that had brought Mr. Buckle his “Great Good Fortune”?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. 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?

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