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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 83-99:.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the young lady get to start the rumor that Moll is rich?
(a) the newspapers.
(b) her young captain husband.
(c) the inn keepers in the area.
(d) the women in the shops.

2. 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 is always crying.
(c) because she has bad news.
(d) because she is not doing a good job.

3. Where does Moll learn that men find a mistress sometimes, but very rarely look for a wife?
(a) Bath.
(b) Paris.
(c) Virginia.
(d) Bristol.

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

5. What does the narrator tell the reader to expect in the story?
(a) sudden shifts of the story line.
(b) sudden lapses in Mill's memory.
(c) sudden changes in location.
(d) sudden surprises of every sort.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Moll meet at Bath?

2. What is the condition under which Moll goes to a new house?

3. What does the narrator say the problem is with writing such a story of three decades of crime?

4. What does Moll want to become?

5. What does Mill learn about her cargo from Virginia when she reaches London?

(see the answer key)

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