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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 is the secret that Tobias is said to harbor in Chapter 10?

2. How many paces behind him does Mr. Butler instruct Jack to keep as they walk to Tobias’s home in Chapter 22?

3. The narrator notes in Chapter 25 that there are what “in all crooked businesses”?

4. What does Tobias take out and spin when he hypnotizes Jack in Chapter 22?

5. What is the conclusion that the “doctor” comes to after inspecting the household’s servants in Chapter 39?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How is Mercy’s childhood described in Chapter 19? How did Mercy come to meet Mr. Butler?

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

5. What is Miss Mott doing in the beginning of Chapter 4? What are her thoughts about the household where she works?

6. What causes the confrontation between Jack and Percy Butler in Chapter 17?

7. How is the setting for the novel established in Chapter 1? When and where does the story begin?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and analyze the character of Tobias Oates in Jack Maggs. How old is Oates described as being in Chapters 9-11? How is his demeanor described? What other guests attend the dinner party and how do they relate to Tobias Oates?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the character of Dr. Hardwick in the narrative. How is Dr. Hardwick’s home described when the cabbie takes Tobias there? How does Dr. Grieves treat the infant John Oates? What does he demand for payment? Why?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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