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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 does Elizabeth reveal to Tobias in Chapter 54?

2. The garment that Mary Oates is clothing her infant son in is said to be a gift from whom, in Chapter 64?

3. Who does Jack say is heartbroken when he is under Tobias’s hypnotism in Chapter 55?

4. Whose assurance does Tobias have that the Thief-taker will receive messages at the Bull, according to the narrator in Chapter 66?

5. How old does Jack say Henry was the last time he saw him in Chapter 85?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where are Jack and Tobias going in Chapters 62-63? What exchange of secrets takes place on the journey?

2. What issues regarding money does Tobias deal with in Chapter 50?

3. How does Jack describe his first meeting with Henry Phipps in Chapter 71?

4. What exchange takes place between Tobias and Dr. Grieves at Mr. Butler’s house in Chapter 50?

5. How has Tobias gone about securing money to cover his debts in Chapters 56 and 57?

6. What exchange takes place between Mercy and Jack in Chapter 84?

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

8. Whom do Jack and Tobias meet with in Chapter 66? At what location does the meeting take place?

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

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

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 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 3

Discuss Jack’s early childhood as depicted in his letters to Henry Phipps. Where was Jack discovered as an infant? Who took the baby in? How much did Silas pay for Jack? Where did he take him?

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