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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. The doctor that comes to see Spinks says that he will put down what as the cause of death on the death certificate in Chapter 50?
2. On what river do Tobias and Jack escape in Chapter 70?
3. Mary Oates refers to the doctor that treated her son as what after his departure in Chapter 54?
4. 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?
5. Henry’s tutor that saved him from the orphanage disappeared from his life on the eve of Henry’s birthday to turn how old?
Short Essay Questions
1. What outcome is revealed for Jack and Mercy Larkin in the denouement of the novel?
2. How is the meeting between Jack, Tobias, and the Thief-taker described in Chapter 67?
3. How does Jack apprehend Tobias in Chapter 76? Where does he lead him?
4. How do Jack and Tobias escape Gloucester in Chapter 70? What dangers do they face?
5. To whom does Jack write a letter in Chapter 58? What does he relate in the beginning of the letter?
6. What does Jack discover in Tobias’s notebook in Chapters 73 and 74? How does Jack respond?
7. Who appears to meet with Henry in Chapter 73? Why?
8. What exchange takes place between Jack and Constable when Constable returns in Chapter 46?
9. What takes place in Tobias’s house in Chapter 82? Where does Jack go when he leaves?
10. Where are Jack and Tobias going in Chapters 62-63? What exchange of secrets takes place on the journey?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe and discuss the setting of Islington and Jack’s life with Mary Britten, Sophina, Tom, and Silas Smith there. How does Jack feel about each of these characters? How does the setting of Islington compare with the previous home of Jack’s family?
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
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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