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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does she say he is probably most worried about now?
(a) that he might have the pox.
(b) that his wife will believe his story.
(c) that Moll will find him again.
(d) that someone saw what actually happened.

3. When Moll is well enough to go to Mrs. B's house, how is she surprised?
(a) by its small rooms.
(b) by its value.
(c) by its seculsion.
(d) by its comfort and cleanliness.

4. What does Moll say a woman is like when she is left desolate?
(a) like a ship sinking in the ocean.
(b) like a child without parents.
(c) like a bag of money dopped on the street.
(d) like a fish out of water.

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

6. Who does Moll get to visit in Newgate?
(a) her old partner in crime.
(b) her son Jemmy.
(c) her Lancashire husband.
(d) an accused assassin.

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

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

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

10. After moving back with the governess, what work does Mill do?
(a) baby sitting.
(b) needle work.
(c) teaching school.
(d) house cleaning.

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

12. What happens to Moll in her widow's dress outside a shop?
(a) she is accused of stealing from the shop.
(b) she witnesses another thief at work.
(c) she waits for the right moment to enter.
(d) she faints and is carried into the shop.

13. What does Mrs. B give to the parish officials?
(a) weekly donations of food.
(b) information on the missing husbands.
(c) security that the women who come to her are married.
(d) money to keep them quiet.

14. What is Moll's initial reaction to her new life of crime?
(a) fear of Newgate.
(b) fear of her governess.
(c) fear of God.
(d) fear of getting hooked on crime.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Moll steal two rings she sees through a house window?

2. What is Moll's first theft?

3. What does Mrs. B do with unwanted children?

4. What does Moll manage to get from an ale house?

5. What does Moll say is worse than being in want?

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