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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does her tradesman turn out to be?
(a) a hardened criminal .
(b) a bigamist.
(c) a con man who only wanted Moll's money.
(d) rake, shopkeeper and beggar all in one.

4. 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 destroying his reputation.
(c) by picketing his house.
(d) by sinking his ship.

5. Moving in with a friend, what does Moll come to be called?
(a) pretty spinster.
(b) pretty widow.
(c) pretty pickpocket.
(d) pretty whore.

6. What does Moll receive at the second home where she is kept?
(a) fire new garments.
(b) education.
(c) £100 a month.
(d) hard labor.

7. What does the sister tell her older brother about having money but not great beauty when looking for a husband?
(a) a beautiful girl cannot buy money.
(b) her money is invested well.
(c) the first will do without the last.
(d) with money she can buy beauty.

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

9. What does the gentleman at Bath give Moll?
(a) a cheque for £1,000.
(b) a diamond ring.
(c) a letter of credit.
(d) a small drawer full of gold coins.

10. To what does the narrator compare his novel?
(a) to school lessons.
(b) to narrative poems.
(c) to plays written for the stage.
(d) to religious pamphlets.

11. What type of instruction does the narrator say is included in the story?
(a) how to escakpe from prison.
(b) how to tell when someone is lying.
(c) how to avoid thieves and pickpockets.
(d) how to steal without getting caught.

12. What causes Moll not to go to the older brother's wedding?
(a) she is not invited to the wedding.
(b) she is eight months pregnant.
(c) she has to look after her ten children.
(d) seeing another woman marry the man she loves.

13. Why does the mistress come to talk with Moll while she sews a shirt?
(a) because she is always crying.
(b) because she is not doing a good job.
(c) because she has bad news.
(d) because she has a new family for Moll.

14. What is Moll's first recollection?
(a) learning how to sew.
(b) leaving Newgate prison.
(c) being hungry on the street.
(d) being among the gypsies.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does the younger brother protest about with his sister?

4. Where does Moll go to dress in back as a widow and call herself Mrs. Flanders?

5. What does the younger brother want to do?

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