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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Moll do to the shopkeeper after she is exonerated by the capture of the real shoplifter?
(a) She slaps his face.
(b) She takes him to court.
(c) She makes him get on his knees to apologize.
(d) She demands money as restitution.

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

3. What is Moll's first theft?
(a) money left lying on a counter.
(b) an unwatched parcel in an apothecary shop.
(c) the wallet of an old man asleep on a park bench.
(d) a watch on the belt of an old lady.

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

5. Why does Moll say she continues to steal?
(a) she has nothing better to do.
(b) it keeps her from being bored.
(c) if she stops others will turn her in to the police.
(d) she is in the power of the devil.

6. Why does Moll put off the banker who now has a divorce?
(a) she has to divorce her husband.
(b) she wants to be sure he has the divorce.
(c) she is pregnant again.
(d) she is not sure she wants to marry again.

7. Why does Mrs. B not abort Moll's pregnancy?
(a) she has a buyer for Moll's child.
(b) her religion does not allow it.
(c) Moll wants to keep the baby.
(d) she is too far along.

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

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

10. How long is Moll married to the banker before he dies?
(a) five years.
(b) one year.
(c) six months.
(d) eighteen weeks.

11. What hardens Moll's heart to become a professional thief?
(a) fear of going hungry.
(b) the thrill of not getting caught.
(c) hoping to find her highwayman husband.
(d) the joy of having a profession.

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

13. How is Moll married to the Irishman?
(a) by a Magistrate.
(b) in a Roman Catholic ceremony.
(c) in a Druid ceremony.
(d) in the Church of England.

14. What is wrong with Moll's prayers?
(a) she never sees herself as a sinner.
(b) she has forgotten how to pray.
(c) she has never prayed before.
(d) she thinks God cannot hear her.

15. Why does Moll reproach herself after getting caught with the brocade silk?
(a) she did not scope out the scene well.
(b) she could not make up a good story.
(c) she did not heed the warnings from before.
(d) she stayed too long in the house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the sliver brought to the pawnbroker?

2. What effect does Moll's brushes with the law have on her activities?

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

4. What is the banker's house like?

5. What does Moll say about her delivery?

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