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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the ladies of the town do for Moll?
(a) petition the mayor.
(b) send her to school in London.
(c) give her money and clothes.
(d) keep her hidden from the police.

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

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

4. To what does the narrator compare his novel?
(a) to plays written for the stage.
(b) to narrative poems.
(c) to religious pamphlets.
(d) to school lessons.

5. What does Moll want to become?
(a) a dancer.
(b) a gentlewoman.
(c) a singer.
(d) a wife and mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator tell the reader to expect in the story?

2. What does the narrator insist that the characters must eventually become?

3. Why does she use the name of Moll Flanders?

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

5. What does Moll persuade the mistress to allow her to do?

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