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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What effect does Moll's brushes with the law have on her activities?
(a) she becomes truly repentant and stops.
(b) she takes a year off so that her face will be forgotten.
(c) she starts working with a partner.
(d) she becomes overconfident and continues her business.

2. What happens to Mill in the silversmith's shop?
(a) she takes a handful of plate just as the owner enters.
(b) she resists taking anything for fear of getting caught.
(c) a man sees her enter and comes to accuse her of theft.
(d) she puts some spoons in her pocket and they fall to the floor.

3. What does the governess manage for Moll's son?
(a) an adoption by a childless couple.
(b) a shelter in a convent.
(c) a good nurse that is not very expenisve.
(d) a place in an orphanage.

4. What happens to save Moll?
(a) she is sentenced to being transported instead of death.
(b) she agrees to go to France and never return to England.
(c) she manages a great escape from Newgate.
(d) she buys her way out of prison.

5. What does Moll admit to the lady who comes to help her?
(a) that she is not married.
(b) that she does not want the child.
(c) that she has a husband.
(d) that she has a lot of money.

6. Who does the governess introduce Moll to who can help her learn the art of thieving?
(a) a schoolmistress.
(b) a magician.
(c) a house robber.
(d) a professional pickpocket.

7. What do Moll and her Lancashire husband discover about each other?
(a) they no longer love each other.
(b) they both have money.
(c) they know the same people.
(d) they are both broke.

8. What does Mrs. B say she does for the newborns?
(a) saves their lives.
(b) pays for their education.
(c) finds them good homes.
(d) kills them humanely.

9. How does Moll take advantage of the fop who took her to bed one evening?
(a) she blackmails him.
(b) she accuses him of raping her.
(c) she charges him a large sum to keep quiet.
(d) she gets him to fall asleep and takes everything he has.

10. What causes Moll to become audacious in her thievery?
(a) the need to be the best at what she does.
(b) doing it a long time without being caught.
(c) gaining a reputation among criminals.
(d) desperation over lack of money.

11. How old does she now admit to being?
(a) 42.
(b) 39.
(c) 32.
(d) 29.

12. What happens when Moll's husband learns she is poor?
(a) he beats her.
(b) he laughs and says it is no important.
(c) he deserts her.
(d) he gives her £1500.

13. What does Moll say allowed the devil to push her into crime?
(a) the influence of her missing husband.
(b) the challenge to the police.
(c) the plight of poverty.
(d) the thrill of the hunt.

14. Who does Moll say put evil ideas into her head?
(a) her governess.
(b) the devil.
(c) the police.
(d) her highwayman husband.

15. How much does Mrs. B say Moll's lying in will cost?
(a) £10.
(b) £5.3s.
(c) £50.3s.
(d) £3.5s.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does she say he is probably most worried about now?

2. What is the governess turned pawnbroker actually doing?

3. How does the banker say his wife is a whore?

4. Why does Moll put off the banker who now has a divorce?

5. What do they call Mrs. B in her house?

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