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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. How does Jack kill the Thief-taker in Chapter 68?

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

3. Henry meets with Mr. Butler and his lawyer in a subaltern of what regiment in Chapter 79?

4. Mary Oates refers to the doctor that treated her son as what after his departure in Chapter 54?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Jack’s recollections from his childhood, how does he describe the altercation that took place between Ma Britten, himself, and Sophina in Chapter 60?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What does Jack discover in Tobias’s notebook in Chapters 73 and 74? How does Jack respond?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the history of Australia as a penal colony for the British. When was Australia discovered and colonized? How did it come to be a penal colony? How was the colony structured? When was the penal colony dissolved? How do you think author Peter Carey’s Australian heritage influenced his writing of Jack Maggs?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and analyze the character of Sophina in Jack Maggs. How does Jack meet Sophina? What is their relationship like? How does Jack perceive Tom’s feelings for Sophina? What happens to Sophina?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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