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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. When Mr. Buckle mentions the name Jack to Henry in Chapter 73, Henry’s pulse is said to be “racing as it had raced the day he had been delivered at the door of” whose orphanage?
2. What is the title of the Character Sketch that Tobias writes for the Observer in Chapter 50?
3. What is the treacherous whip that was used on Jack in the pits in Australia called in the novel?
4. To what street does Mary Oates walk when she leaves home in Chapter 77?
5. Whose body does the Thief-taker say he found “when everyone said he was touring in the Pyrenees” in Chapter 67?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is Tobias’s son treated in Chapters 52 and 53? What further complications does Tobias encounter in these chapters?
2. How does Jack describe his first meeting with Henry Phipps in Chapter 71?
3. How do Jack and Tobias escape Gloucester in Chapter 70? What dangers do they face?
4. To whom does Jack write a letter in Chapter 58? What does he relate in the beginning of the letter?
5. What discussion takes place between Mr. Butler, Mr. Makepeace, and Mr. Phipps in Chapter 79?
6. What secret about Henry does Jack share with Constable in Chapter 47?
7. What exchange takes place between Tobias and Dr. Grieves at Mr. Butler’s house in Chapter 50?
8. What exchange takes place between Tobias and Jack in Chapter 55?
9. What issues regarding money does Tobias deal with in Chapter 50?
10. How has Tobias gone about securing money to cover his debts in Chapters 56 and 57?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe and analyze the character of Silas Smith in the narrative. How old is Silas Smith? What is his principle “occupation”? How does Silas go about apprenticing Jack Maggs as a thief?
Essay Topic 2
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?
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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