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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. Where does Tobias spend the night at a lodging house in Chapter 55?
(a) Fox Court.
(b) Chancery Lane.
(c) Wapping.
(d) Tyburn.

2. How old does the narrator say Dick Maggs was “when Jack returned from England” in Chapter 91?
(a) 11.
(b) 6.
(c) 12.
(d) 7.

3. What does Mercy have that she found in a little envelope in Jack’s pocket in Chapter 49?
(a) A ring and a watch.
(b) A letter and a postcard.
(c) Two locks of baby’s hair.
(d) A key and a number.

4. 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.

5. What objects does Jack send out along with his letters to Mr. Phipps?
(a) A photograph and a mirror.
(b) A painting and a coin.
(c) A mirror and three lemons.
(d) A ring and a watch.

Short Answer Questions

1. By what year does Jack say in his letter that he and his family “ate best brisket, chump chops, rolled roast beef from the butcher’s shop in Upper Street, and Mrs. Britten was the owner of two freehold titles” in Chapter 58?

2. How old does Jack say Henry was the last time he saw him in Chapter 85?

3. Where are Tobias and Jack helped aboard a coach in the beginning of Chapter 77?

4. How many of the abortion pills does Tobias give to Elizabeth downstairs as Jack waits for him in the study in Chapter 82?

5. What do Jack and Tobias use to bail water from the sinking boat in Chapter 71?

Short Essay Questions

1. How has Tobias gone about securing money to cover his debts in Chapters 56 and 57?

2. How is the meeting between Jack, Tobias, and the Thief-taker described in Chapter 67?

3. What occurrences have shaped the prospects of Tobias Oates in Chapter 61?

4. What exchange takes place between Tobias and Jack in Chapter 55?

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

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

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

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

9. 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?

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

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