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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. Who does Mary Oates go to see when she leaves her home in Chapter 77?
(a) Henry Phipps.
(b) Jack Maggs.
(c) Mary Britten.
(d) Percy Buckle.

2. Where had Tobias spent his fourth year at a home for orphaned boys?
(a) Wapping.
(b) Whitechapel.
(c) Shropshire.
(d) Tyburn.

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

4. For how many years does Jack say he spent in “a hell called Moreton Bay” in Chapter 47?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 6.
(d) 5.

5. For how long is Tobias to be gone in Gloucester, according to Mary in Chapter 64?
(a) 6 days.
(b) 5 days.
(c) 2 days.
(d) 4 days.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old does Jack say Henry was when he first met him in Chapter 71?

2. Who is said to be sleeping in the nursery with Tobias’s son after the doctor’s departure in Chapter 54?

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

4. Whom does the Thief-taker say he found “who was taken from her mother’s arms” in Chapter 67?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Who appears to meet with Henry in Chapter 73? Why?

2. What outcome is revealed for Jack and Mercy Larkin in the denouement of the novel?

3. Where have Tobias and Jack arrived in the beginning of Chapter 81? What is their objective at this setting?

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

5. How does Jack describe the punishment he and Sophina received from Ma Britten in Chapter 65?

6. What discussion takes place between Mr. Butler, Mr. Makepeace, and Mr. Phipps in Chapter 79?

7. What secret about Henry does Jack share with Constable in Chapter 47?

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

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

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

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