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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what age do the magistrates declare that Moll should go into service?
(a) age six.
(b) age eight.
(c) age ten.
(d) age twelve.

2. Why does Moll go to the aid of the young woman next door to her?
(a) her beau had left her when she gave him no money.
(b) her beau had left her bacause he had many others.
(c) her beau left her because she checked up on his character.
(d) her beau had left her after she became pregnant.

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(a) more historical references.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

4. When does Moll realize the older brother only wants her as a mistress?
(a) when he gives her 100 guineas and a promise for that much each year.
(b) when he gives her £1000 to leave town..
(c) when he tells her he is engaged to another lady.
(d) when he stops talking about love and marriage.

5. Where does Moll take up residence after returning from Virginia?
(a) Bath.
(b) the Mint.
(c) London.
(d) Bristol.

6. When Moll's resolution breaks and she gives him permission to make love to her, how does she classify herself?
(a) as an innocent.
(b) as a defiled woman.
(c) as a fiancée.
(d) as a whore.

7. How does Moll say she and the older brother behaved in the house of an acquaintance when they were alone?
(a) as nervous as cats.
(b) as wicked as they pleased.
(c) as proper as church ladies.
(d) as brave as soldiers.

8. What does the narrator say is the value of hard work as a convict?
(a) keeping healthy until released.
(b) staying out of more trouble.
(c) learning how not to get caught.
(d) coming out of it with a new cast for one's life.

9. What does the younger brother protest about with his sister?
(a) that he always has to take his brother's left overs.
(b) that he will never marry an woman.
(c) that he is not interested in money.
(d) that he is looking for a woman without money.

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

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

12. How old is Moll when she is taken in by a kind woman?
(a) just turning twelve.
(b) only one year old.
(c) not above three-years-old.
(d) just a baby.

13. How does the elder brother begin his chase of Moll?
(a) buying her expensive gifts.
(b) flirting with her in front of his mother.
(c) talking about her to his sisters.
(d) slipping into her room at night.

14. After the gentleman lover nearly dies, what happens to him?
(a) he loses him membory of Moll.
(b) he vows to find a new lover.
(c) he goes to France.
(d) he is struck by remorse.

15. Other people call Moll a handsome woman. What does she say about that?
(a) she denies it.
(b) she thinks people are blind.
(c) she thinks so too.
(d) she hopes it is true.

Short Answer Questions

1. What can Moll not consider doing?

2. Where does Moll learn that men find a mistress sometimes, but very rarely look for a wife?

3. How does Moll propose to make her own living?

4. After her son is born, where does the gentleman arrange apartments for Moll?

5. Who presses Betty to marry the younger brother?

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