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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 doctor that comes to see Spinks says that he will put down what as the cause of death on the death certificate in Chapter 50?
(a) Pneumonia.
(b) Tuberculosis.
(c) Suicide.
(d) Dysentery.

2. The narrator states in Chapter 91 that at “the instant Henry Phipps discharged the pistol,” who “died in her bed”?
(a) “Mary Britten.”
(b) “Mary Oates.”
(c) “Lizzie Warriner.”
(d) “Mercy Larkin.”

3. How old does Jack say Henry was when he first met him in Chapter 71?
(a) 7.
(b) 4.
(c) 10.
(d) 12.

4. Whose assurance does Tobias have that the Thief-taker will receive messages at the Bull, according to the narrator in Chapter 66?
(a) Dr. Eliotson’s.
(b) Silas Smith’s.
(c) Mr. Pope’s.
(d) Sir Spencer Spence’s.

5. Mary tells Elizabeth that she gave her medicine in what, in Chapter 86?
(a) In her tea.
(b) In her afternoon cocktail.
(c) In her milk.
(d) In her dinner.

Short Answer Questions

1. Under whose tutelage does Tobias say the Thief-taker studied Animal Magnetism in Chapter 67?

2. How much money does Jack say that Henry’s education cost him each year?

3. What was the name on the pill bottles that Mary Britten began selling instead of sausages, according to Jack’s letter in Chapter 58?

4. Who does Mary Oates go to see when she leaves her home in Chapter 77?

5. Where did Mary Britten supposedly own a “commodious gentlemen’s residence,” according to Jack’s letter in Chapter 58?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where are Jack and Tobias going in Chapters 62-63? What exchange of secrets takes place on the journey?

2. What takes place in Tobias’s house in Chapter 82? Where does Jack go when he leaves?

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

4. 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?

5. What leads to the violent conflict that takes place in Chapter 68? What do Jack and Tobias do afterward?

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

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

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

9. What exchange takes place between Tobias and Dr. Grieves at Mr. Butler’s house in Chapter 50?

10. Whom do Jack and Tobias meet with in Chapter 66? At what location does the meeting take place?

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