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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. At what location do Jack and Tobias and their fellow passengers decide to abandon the coach and walk the road while the train descends in Chapter 66?

2. Who is the man that knows Jack and who works at the Bull Inn in Chapter 66?

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

4. Where does Mercy tell Jack she will take him to find Henry at the end of Chapter 84?

5. Under whose tutelage does Tobias say the Thief-taker studied Animal Magnetism in Chapter 67?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What occurrences have shaped the prospects of Tobias Oates in Chapter 61?

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

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

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

7. How do Jack and Tobias escape Gloucester in Chapter 70? What dangers do they face?

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

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

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

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 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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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