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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 does Mr. Butler do to Mercy at the end of Chapter 80?
(a) He kills her.
(b) He kisses her.
(c) He proposes to her.
(d) He fires her.

2. The letters that Jack sends to Henry Phipps are written with what?
(a) Magnetic ink.
(b) Disappearing ink.
(c) Blood.
(d) Marker.

3. By what source on his land in Australia does Jack say he earned his fortune in Chapter 62?
(a) Coal.
(b) Gold.
(c) Clay.
(d) Silver.

4. Who opens the door of Henry’s home and shouts at Henry to fire in Chapter 90?
(a) Percy Buckle.
(b) Mr. Makepeace.
(c) Mercy Larkin.
(d) Jack Maggs.

5. In Chapter 62, Tobias begins his novel about Jack. In what year does his first chapter open?
(a) 1818.
(b) 1835.
(c) 1825.
(d) 1805.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what time do Tobias and Jack cross the River Thames in the beginning of Chapter 78?

2. What substance in Mary Britten’s abortion pills “gave all our hands an unpleasant fishy smell” according to Jack in his letter from Chapter 58?

3. How old was Tobias when his father was charged with killing a man?

4. The narrator states in Chapter 91 that at “the instant Henry Phipps discharged the pistol,” who “died in her bed”?

5. Into what neighborhood did Tobias’s father settle after he received a pardon for his murder charge?

Short Essay Questions

1. What physical conflict takes place in the climax of the novel in Chapters 88 and 89?

2. How does Jack apprehend Tobias in Chapter 76? Where does he lead him?

3. What discussion takes place between Jack and Mercy in Chapter 87?

4. What exchange takes place between Jack and Constable when Constable returns in Chapter 46?

5. In Jack’s recollections from his childhood, how does he describe the altercation that took place between Ma Britten, himself, and Sophina in Chapter 60?

6. What is discovered about Elizabeth Warriner’s condition in Chapter 86?

7. What issues regarding money does Tobias deal with in Chapter 50?

8. How is Tobias’s son treated in Chapters 52 and 53? What further complications does Tobias encounter in these chapters?

9. How does Jack describe his first meeting with Henry Phipps in Chapter 71?

10. How do Jack and Tobias escape Gloucester in Chapter 70? What dangers do they face?

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