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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What does the banker promise Moll?
(a) to help her triple her money.
(b) not to talk more until he has a divorce.
(c) not to offer her money to be his mistress.
(d) to pay her well for occasional sex.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How is Moll married to the Irishman?

4. When Moll is well enough to go to Mrs. B's house, how is she surprised?

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

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