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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. Where does Tobias spend the night at a lodging house in Chapter 55?

2. What does Jack say he was known for “in the Colony” when speaking to Tobias in Chapter 62?

3. When the Thief-taker first appears at the Bull Inn to meet with Jack and Tobias, he appears to be what?

4. How much money does Jack say that Henry’s education cost him each year?

5. The letters that Jack sends to Henry Phipps are written with what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Mary go to the home of Mary Britten in Chapter 77?

2. How does Jack describe the punishment he and Sophina received from Ma Britten in Chapter 65?

3. Who appears to meet with Henry in Chapter 73? Why?

4. What takes place in Tobias’s house in Chapter 82? Where does Jack go when he leaves?

5. What discussion takes place between Mr. Butler, Mr. Makepeace, and Mr. Phipps in Chapter 79?

6. How does Jack apprehend Tobias in Chapter 76? Where does he lead him?

7. Where have Tobias and Jack arrived in the beginning of Chapter 81? What is their objective at this setting?

8. What outcome is revealed for Jack and Mercy Larkin in the denouement of the novel?

9. What is discovered about Elizabeth Warriner’s condition in Chapter 86?

10. To whom does Jack write a letter in Chapter 58? What does he relate in the beginning of the letter?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the theme of secrecy in the novel. What secrets has the author revealed of the main characters in the first twelve chapters of the book? How do you foresee these secrets integrating themselves into the plot of the story?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze the character of Mr. Makepeace and the information gained about Jack Maggs by this character in Chapters 31-33. What is revealed about Jack’s conditional pardon? How do the names created in the novel by author Peter Carey relate to those created by Charles Dickens?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the reactions of Percy Butler, Tobias Oates, Elizabeth Warriner, and Mary Oates to the first hypnosis of Jack Maggs. What is discovered about Jack’s history through the hypnosis? What do these characters decide to do about Jack Maggs? Why?

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