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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Moll cease to fear witnesses against her?
(a) she knows too much about them.
(b) no one knows her face.
(c) they are all hanged or transported.
(d) she works in several disguises.

2. What privilege do Moll and her husband get while anchored at Ireland?
(a) sending letters to friends in England.
(b) going ashore to buy provisions.
(c) staying on deck.
(d) dining with the captain.

3. What does Moll fear about her current landlady who brings Mrs. B?
(a) that she will demand a great deal of money.
(b) that she will toss her out.
(c) that she will cause trouble for her.
(d) that she will steal her baby.

4. How is Moll swept off her feet by an Irishman?
(a) by his smooth tongue.
(b) by his appearance of great wealth.
(c) by his rakish good looks.
(d) by his gifts of jewels.

5. What happens to a woman caught with goods Moll had stolen?
(a) she tells on Moll.
(b) she has a heart attack and dies.
(c) she kicks a policeman.
(d) she is taken to Newgate.

6. What does Moll confess to the banker?
(a) that she fell in love with him at the bank.
(b) that she trusted him but that was all.
(c) that she had thought he was single.
(d) that she had no romantic ideas about him.

7. How does the governess say the baronet explained his condition to his wife?
(a) he fell into the Thames.
(b) he got drunk and was robbed.
(c) he lost everything at gambling.
(d) he was in a fire.

8. What happens at the Barnet Stage?
(a) Moll goes to Glasgow.
(b) Moll steals a bundle from a girl with a baby.
(c) Moll fakes an accident and demands compensation.
(d) Moll takes a woman's watch from her belt.

9. What do Moll and Mrs. B work out?
(a) a way to transport Moll to Ireland.
(b) a job for Moll to pay her expenses.
(c) a budget for Moll's expenses.
(d) a plan to find Moll's husband.

10. How does Mill say she came out of the charge of robbing the silversmith?
(a) with flying colors.
(b) with shame and disgrace.
(c) with her will to stop thieving.
(d) with fear and trepidation.

11. Before they depart for Ireland, what does Moll's new husband ask her?
(a) if she wants a large family.
(b) if she has affairs to finish in London.
(c) if she will wait for him in West chester.
(d) if she has brought any money with her.

12. What does Moll say about her delivery?
(a) she learns she has twin girls.
(b) it nearly kills her.
(c) it was expert and better than a mother's help.
(d) the baby is still born.

13. What does Moll learn about her banker?
(a) he has no money himself.
(b) he has a wife.
(c) he is a confirmed bachelor.
(d) he wants a mistress.

14. What does Moll steal from a child?
(a) a small gold necklace.
(b) a bag she is carrying for her mother.
(c) a bag containing a few coins.
(d) her shoes.

15. What do they call Mrs. B in her house?
(a) nurse.
(b) governess.
(c) madame.
(d) nanny.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to save Moll?

2. After moving back with the governess, what work does Mill do?

3. Who does Moll meet to help her with her money?

4. When a woman friend of Moll's wants her to meet her brother, what does the man want?

5. Who does the landlady send for to assist Moll?

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