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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 she use the name of Moll Flanders?
(a) she read it in a newspaper.
(b) her nurse gave the name to her.
(c) most people know that alias.
(d) she likes the sound of it.

2. What does the narrator say about the final scene in the story?
(a) it is Moll's best writing.
(b) it makes the reader shed tears.
(c) it is still an unfinished work.
(d) it is not written by Moll herself.

3. What spared Moll's mother's life when she was condemned to die?
(a) she was pregnant with Moll.
(b) she escaped and fled to virginia.
(c) she became the mistress of the warden.
(d) she turned state's evidence.

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

5. Why does the mistress come to talk with Moll while she sews a shirt?
(a) because she is not doing a good job.
(b) because she has bad news.
(c) because she is always crying.
(d) because she has a new family for Moll.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does the narrator say about Moll's being penitent?

4. Why does Mrs. Mayoress come to the school?

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

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