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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator insist that the characters must eventually become?
(a) penitent.
(b) hardened criminals.
(c) real people.
(d) destroyed.

2. What is Moll looking for after the death of her first husband?
(a) a rich man to rob.
(b) a rich man to marry.
(c) a rich man to make her his mistress.
(d) a rich man to adopt her.

3. How do Moll and the young woman next door get even with the young captain?
(a) by fooling him into marrying a shrew.
(b) by picketing his house.
(c) by destroying his reputation.
(d) by sinking his ship.

4. What does Moll help the young woman next door do?
(a) find a new man.
(b) get even with the unfair beau.
(c) learn how to steal.
(d) get a job as a governess.

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(c) more historical references.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

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Moll realize the older brother only wants her as a mistress?

2. Why does Mrs. Mayoress say Moll may become a gentlewoman for all they know?

3. Who presses Betty to marry the younger brother?

4. How old is Moll when she is taken in by a kind woman?

5. What does Moll, called Mrs. Betty, do better than the daughters of the new family?

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