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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. To whom does Jack pen a letter in Chapter 21?

2. In Chapter 7, Mr. Hawthorne describes an article from The Chronicle about a Russian gentleman who came from Sebastopol to learn what in London?

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

4. Where does Jack say he and his adopted family moved after the summer of 1801?

5. At what inn does the man in the red waistcoat arrive in the beginning of Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How are Jack’s daily activities described in Chapter 25? How does he spend his time?

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

4. What does Jack write about his first experience with thievery in his letter to Henry in Chapter 26?

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

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

7. What assessment is reached regarding the household of Percy in Chapter 39?

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

9. Who arrives at the home of Percy in Chapter 37? How is this character described?

10. To whom does Jack write a letter in Chapter 21? What is revealed in this letter?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the setting of Islington and Jack’s life with Mary Britten, Sophina, Tom, and Silas Smith there. How does Jack feel about each of these characters? How does the setting of Islington compare with the previous home of Jack’s family?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Discuss Charles Dickens and his fascination with psychology and the “Criminal Mind.” How did Dickens develop the characters from his novels? What historical evidence suggests that Dickens based these characters on real individuals? How faithful is the depiction of Tobias Oates in comparison with the history of Charles Dickens?

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