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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Moll suspect about her landlady and the gentleman?
(a) that the landlady and he are having an affair.
(b) that the landlady is being bribed by the gentleman.
(c) that the landlady is encouraging him to notice Moll.
(d) that the landlady does not know what is going on.

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

3. What does Mill learn about her cargo from Virginia when she reaches London?
(a) the ship lost most of its cargo.
(b) the ship sank off the coast of Ireland.
(c) the ship was captured by pirates.
(d) her cargo was seized by the government.

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

5. What does the narrator say the problem is with writing such a story of three decades of crime?
(a) that vicious readers may turn it to the author's disadvantage.
(b) that the author has to keep his chronology straight.
(c) that the writer may become terribly depressed.
(d) that readers may question how the author knows about crime.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Moll help the young woman next door do?

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

3. Why does the mistress come to talk with Moll while she sews a shirt?

4. How do Moll and the young woman next door get even with the young captain?

5. Knowing she cannot be the gentleman's wife, what does Moll do?

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