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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What happens to the sliver brought to the pawnbroker?
(a) it is melted down.
(b) it is sold to collectors.
(c) it is sold back to the people it was stolen from.
(d) it is smuggled to France.

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

7. What does Moll say is worse than being in want?
(a) being in prison.
(b) being friendless.
(c) being old.
(d) being helpless.

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

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

10. How does Moll steal two rings she sees through a house window?
(a) she enters the house and takes the rings.
(b) she raises the window and takes the rings.
(c) she breaks the glass and takes the rings.
(d) she sends a child inside to get the rings.

11. What is the governess' new business?
(a) matchmaker.
(b) pawnbroker.
(c) drug dealer.
(d) tax collector.

12. What does Mrs. B do with unwanted children?
(a) sells them to gypsies.
(b) pays to have them taken away.
(c) throws them into the river.
(d) smothers them at birth.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Moll admit to the lady who comes to help her?

2. Why does Moll say she continues to steal?

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

4. What do Moll and Mrs. B work out?

5. Why do people suggest that Moll move out of St. John's Street?

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