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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. It is Jack’s plan to travel down the river until he and Tobias arrive where, in Chapter 71?
(a) Bristol.
(b) Tyburn.
(c) Whitechapel.
(d) Harrismith.

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

3. For how many hours in bed has Elizabeth suffering in the opening of Chapter 86?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

4. What does Jack reveal to Constable about Henry Phipps in Chapter 47?
(a) That Henry is his father.
(b) That Henry is his son.
(c) That Henry is his brother.
(d) That Henry is his enemy.

5. What is the truth about the history between Constable and Mr. Phipps?
(a) They had been lovers.
(b) They had been rivals over Mercy.
(c) They were brothers.
(d) They had committed a robbery together.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Mercy tell Jack she will take him to find Henry at the end of Chapter 84?

2. Where does the narrator in Chapter 83 says Tobias and Lizzie bought the fire-screen together?

3. The letters that Jack sends to Henry Phipps are written with what?

4. What is the treacherous whip that was used on Jack in the pits in Australia called in the novel?

5. Henry meets with Mr. Butler and his lawyer in a subaltern of what regiment in Chapter 79?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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