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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. When Mr. Buckle mentions the name Jack to Henry in Chapter 73, Henry’s pulse is said to be “racing as it had raced the day he had been delivered at the door of” whose orphanage?
(a) Mrs. Maxwell’s.
(b) Mrs. Gummerson’s.
(c) Mrs. Halfstairs’s.
(d) Miss Peterson’s.

2. Where does Tobias tell Jack the Thief-catcher lives in Chapter 56?
(a) Paris.
(b) Gloucester.
(c) Tyburn.
(d) Whitechapel.

3. What does Jack say he was known for “in the Colony” when speaking to Tobias in Chapter 62?
(a) Planning.
(b) Vengeance.
(c) Execution.
(d) Authority.

4. How old is Elizabeth in Chapter 61?
(a) 16.
(b) 20.
(c) 18.
(d) 15.

5. What do Jack and Tobias use to bail water from the sinking boat in Chapter 71?
(a) Tobias’s top hat.
(b) Jack’s suitcase.
(c) Jack’s boots.
(d) Tobias’s attaché case.

Short Answer Questions

1. Elizabeth tells Tobias in the beginning of Chapter 61 that she plans to go where by herself?

2. On what river do Tobias and Jack escape in Chapter 70?

3. What does Jack reveal to Constable about Henry Phipps in Chapter 47?

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

5. It is Jack’s plan to travel down the river until he and Tobias arrive where, in Chapter 71?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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