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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. Mary tells Elizabeth that she gave her medicine in what, in Chapter 86?

2. At what time do Tobias and Jack cross the River Thames in the beginning of Chapter 78?

3. It is Jack’s plan to travel down the river until he and Tobias arrive where, in Chapter 71?

4. Where does Jack encounter Mercy in Chapter 84?

5. What do Jack and Tobias use to bail water from the sinking boat in Chapter 71?

Short Essay Questions

1. What physical conflict takes place in the climax of the novel in Chapters 88 and 89?

2. What ailment is causing problems for Tobias’s infant son in Chapter 52? Who does he go to fetch for help?

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

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

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

6. How is the meeting between Jack, Tobias, and the Thief-taker described in Chapter 67?

7. How is Tobias’s son treated in Chapters 52 and 53? What further complications does Tobias encounter in these chapters?

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

9. What exchange takes place between Jack and Constable when Constable returns in Chapter 46?

10. What leads to the violent conflict that takes place in Chapter 68? What do Jack and Tobias do afterward?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Compare and contrast the characters of Mary Oates and Elizabeth Warriner in the narrative. What is the relationship between Mary and Elizabeth like? How do these women differ? How are they alike?

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