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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Tobias offers to help Jack with his inner demons in Tobias’s office in Chapter 13, Jack replies, “But what is it to you, Sir? It is my pain after all.” What is Tobias’s response?

2. What is the precise date given by the narrator in Chapter 1 when the man with the red waistcoat arrives in London?

3. In Chapter 34, Tobias says he is setting off for what location to write about a recent fire?

4. By what name does Tobias refer to his sister-in-law in Chapter 22?

5. What night of the week is it when the man with the red waistcoat arrives in London in the opening of Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the reader learn about the relationship between Mr. Butler and Mercy in Chapter 30? What does Jack reveal to Mr. Butler in this chapter?

2. What happens when Edward Constable confronts Henry in Chapter 45?

3. What deal is made between Jack and Tobias in Chapter 13?

4. How is Jack’s demeanor when he awakens in Chapter 31? What does Jack learn from Edward Constable?

5. What do the servants in Mr. Buckle’s house come to discover about Jack in Chapter 16? How does Jack respond?

6. How is the character of Edward Constable described in Chapter 6? What does he bring to Jack?

7. What conversation does Mercy overhear between Mr. Buckle and Mr. Makepeace in Chapter 33?

8. What does Jack do on Great Queen Street in Chapter 2? Who is he mistaken for?

9. How are the emotional and mental states of Mr. Butler’s servants described in Chapters 40-42?

10. What does Jack do after the departure of the visitor in Mr. Butler’s home in Chapter 40?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the childhood of Mercy Larkin. How old was Mercy when her father died? What led Mercy and her mother to leave their home after her father’s death? Where did they move? How is this setting and lifestyle described?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze the character of Jack Maggs as the protagonist of the novel. How is the appearance of Jack Maggs described by the author? How is his demeanor illustrated through his actions? Does the narrator of the story have an omniscient perspective? How does this allow the reader to know more about Jack Maggs?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Jack’s early childhood as depicted in his letters to Henry Phipps. Where was Jack discovered as an infant? Who took the baby in? How much did Silas pay for Jack? Where did he take him?

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