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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 1-15:.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Mrs. Mayoress come to the school?
(a) to order a new dress.
(b) to look for the little gentlewoman.
(c) to find a new slave.
(d) to have some garments mended.

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

3. Why does the narrator say that the ugly and wicked part of a person's life must be presented?
(a) to make the story more interesting to readers.
(b) to show the beauty of penitence may be appreciated.
(c) to warn people about living such a life.
(d) to show the reasons penitence is needed.

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

5. Who is assumed to be the narrator of the story?
(a) a British journalist.
(b) Moll Flanders.
(c) Daniel DeFoe.
(d) Moll Flanders' mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what age do the magistrates declare that Moll should go into service?

2. Why does the mistress come to talk with Moll while she sews a shirt?

3. What is Moll's first recollection?

4. Where does Moll say her true name is known?

5. What does the narrator insist is the value of the story?

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