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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 name of Tobias’s sister-in-law who lives in his household?

2. What color is Tobias’s daily workbook where he records the words of Jack under hypnosis?

3. What is the name of Tobias’s wife?

4. Where does Mr. Buckle say he formerly had his little shop in Chapter 9?

5. How much money does Tobias presume he will get for writing the story of Jack in Chapter 34?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Jack do after the dinner party in Chapter 9?

6. 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?

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

8. How is Tobias’s household and family described in Chapter 10? What is Tobias’s secret that is revealed in the chapter?

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

10. What news does Mr. Butler bring to Mr. Oates when Mr. Oates returns in Chapter 36?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the setting of Mr. Percy Buckle’s estate. How large is Mr. Buckle’s household? How many servants does the master keep? How does Jack fit in with this group of characters? What are his perceptions of them?

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 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?

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