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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 47-83:.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What problem does Moll have getting the money her old nurse had saved for her?
(a) the magistrates want reembursement for their expenses.
(b) the nurse left no written instructions about the money.
(c) Moll cannot leave the house where she works and lives.
(d) after the nurse dies, her daughter does not want to give it.

2. Why does Moll go to the aid of the young woman next door to her?
(a) her beau had left her bacause he had many others.
(b) her beau had left her after she became pregnant.
(c) her beau left her because she checked up on his character.
(d) her beau had left her when she gave him no money.

3. What type of instruction does the narrator say is included in the story?
(a) how to avoid thieves and pickpockets.
(b) how to escakpe from prison.
(c) how to steal without getting caught.
(d) how to tell when someone is lying.

4. What does the narrator say has been left out of the story?
(a) some of the least colorful parts.
(b) some of the duplicate parts.
(c) some of the most boring parts.
(d) some of the more vicious parts.

5. What does the narrator insist that the characters must eventually become?
(a) destroyed.
(b) real people.
(c) hardened criminals.
(d) penitent.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the narrator say it is difficult to have a private biography taken seriously?

2. What does the narrator say results from any wicked action in the book?

3. What does the younger brother want to do?

4. What does the younger brother protest about with his sister?

5. What has Moll heard about the gentleman she is considering marriage to?

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