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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what age do the magistrates declare that Moll should go into service?
(a) age six.
(b) age eight.
(c) age ten.
(d) age twelve.

2. What alteration does the narrator say has been made to the story?
(a) more modest words.
(b) more stress on the law.
(c) more historical references.
(d) more graphic detail.

3. What does the narrator say about Moll's being penitent?
(a) she does not know the meaning of the word.
(b) she is heartily sorry for her sins.
(c) she never thinks she has done wrong.
(d) she pretends to be.

4. How does Moll get away from the gypsies?
(a) by being sold by the gypsies.
(b) by running to a policeman.
(c) by hiding herself.
(d) by finding her mother.

5. What does the narrator say the problem is with writing such a story of three decades of crime?
(a) that the author has to keep his chronology straight.
(b) that readers may question how the author knows about crime.
(c) that the writer may become terribly depressed.
(d) that vicious readers may turn it to the author's disadvantage.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Moll go to the aid of the young woman next door to her?

2. What happens with the younger brother?

3. What does Mrs. Mayoress call Moll that she thinks is a bad name?

4. Who is assumed to be the narrator of the story?

5. What is Moll looking for after the death of her first husband?

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