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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. What play is Henry performing in currently in Chapter 25?
2. Who is the old dustman that Silas arranged to pick up the sacks of stolen goods that Jack stole, according to Jack’s letter in Chapter 43?
3. Who is the 70-year-old woman that the man in the red waistcoat addresses outside of her home at Number Four Cecil Street in Chapter 1?
4. Mercy tells Jack in Chapter 28 that Tobias, Mr. Butler, and Mrs. Oates know his secret. She tells Jack, “They say that you are a convict from” where?
5. What term from Chapter 22 refers to a working-class movement for political reform in Britain between 1838 and 1848?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where does Tobias travel to in Chapter 34? What does he do at this location?
2. How is Tobias’s household and family described in Chapter 10? What is Tobias’s secret that is revealed in the chapter?
3. What assessment is reached regarding the household of Percy in Chapter 39?
4. How are the emotional and mental states of Mr. Butler’s servants described in Chapters 40-42?
5. Who is the guest of honor at Mr. Buckle’s house in Chapter 7? How is this character described?
6. What news does Mr. Butler bring to Mr. Oates when Mr. Oates returns in Chapter 36?
7. Where does Jack fall asleep in Chapter 12? Who finds him?
8. What does Jack do after the departure of the visitor in Mr. Butler’s home in Chapter 40?
9. What is Miss Mott doing in the beginning of Chapter 4? What are her thoughts about the household where she works?
10. What does Jack do after the dinner party in Chapter 9?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe and discuss the setting of Brighton and the imagery depicted of it in the novel. Why does Tobias Oates go first to the morgue to cover his story of the fire? What impressions does Tobias have of the children that he finds there?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the history of Australia as a penal colony for the British. When was Australia discovered and colonized? How did it come to be a penal colony? How was the colony structured? When was the penal colony dissolved? How do you think author Peter Carey’s Australian heritage influenced his writing of Jack Maggs?
Essay Topic 3
Analyze and discuss the character of Edward Constable in the narrative. How old is Constable? What new information has the reader learned about Constable’s history with Henry Phipps in Chapters 46-48? Why does Constable refrain from telling Jack this information?
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