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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Moll tell her suitor that he does not apparently believe?
(a) that she is married already.
(b) that she is poor.
(c) that she demands a diamond ring.
(d) that she has six children.

2. Why does Mrs. Mayoress come to the school?
(a) to find a new slave.
(b) to have some garments mended.
(c) to order a new dress.
(d) to look for the little gentlewoman.

3. What does the new mistress lack that the former one had?
(a) honesty.
(b) fine clothes.
(c) family.
(d) money.

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

5. What does the narrator admit about the text?
(a) that it is difficult to follow.
(b) that it is just as written in a diary.
(c) that it has been put into new words.
(d) that it is totally fiction.

6. What does Mrs. Mayoress call Moll that she thinks is a bad name?
(a) Mademoiselle.
(b) Miss.
(c) Urchin.
(d) Child.

7. What does Moll finally find?
(a) a tradesman who is crude but rich.
(b) a gentleman tradesman.
(c) a titled gentleman.
(d) a tradesman who is handsome but poor.

8. How does the captain's lady help repay Moll for her services?
(a) by making Moll her secretary.
(b) by helping her rumored to be a wealthy widow.
(c) by inviting other ship's captains to her home.
(d) by giving her some money.

9. How does the landlady help out when Moll becomes pregnant?
(a) bribing the parish officials.
(b) vouches that Moll is married to a worthy gentleman.
(c) arranging a family to adopt the child.
(d) arranging an abortion.

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

11. 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 is not interested in money.
(c) that he will never marry an woman.
(d) that he is looking for a woman without money.

12. Why does the narrator say that the ugly and wicked part of a person's life must be presented?
(a) to show the reasons penitence is needed.
(b) to warn people about living such a life.
(c) to show the beauty of penitence may be appreciated.
(d) to make the story more interesting to readers.

13. What has Moll heard about the gentleman she is considering marriage to?
(a) that he buys and sells slaves.
(b) that he owns a mill in Ireland.
(c) that he is wanted by the police.
(d) that he has a plantation in Virginia.

14. What does the narrator say about Moll's being penitent?
(a) she does not know the meaning of the word.
(b) she is heartily sorry for her sins.
(c) she pretends to be.
(d) she never thinks she has done wrong.

15. Who does Moll meet at Bath?
(a) a gentleman down from London.
(b) an old friend from the Mint.
(c) an other draper.
(d) a handsome rogue.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Moll take up residence after returning from Virginia?

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

3. What does the narrator insist that the characters must eventually become?

4. When Moll's resolution breaks and she gives him permission to make love to her, how does she classify herself?

5. What can Moll not consider doing?

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