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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 15-47:.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What causes Moll not to go to the older brother's wedding?
(a) she has to look after her ten children.
(b) seeing another woman marry the man she loves.
(c) she is eight months pregnant.
(d) she is not invited to the wedding.

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

3. What does Moll, called Mrs. Betty, do better than the daughters of the new family?
(a) write.
(b) cook.
(c) sing.
(d) speak German.

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

5. Who presses Betty to marry the younger brother?
(a) his sisters.
(b) the older brother.
(c) his mother.
(d) the parish priest.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say about the final scene in the story?

2. What does Moll want to become?

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

4. What spared Moll's mother's life when she was condemned to die?

5. What does the narrator say is the value of hard work as a convict?

(see the answer key)

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