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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. When a woman friend of Moll's wants her to meet her brother, what does the man want?
(a) a mistress.
(b) a nanny for his children.
(c) her money.
(d) a maid.

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

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

7. 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) a shelter in a convent.
(d) an adoption by a childless couple.

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

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

10. What happens to the governess to reduce her fortune?
(a) she is disowned by the parish.
(b) she has a long illness.
(c) she has spent time in Newgate.
(d) she is charged with stealing a child.

11. Why does Moll not allow the maid Mrs. B sends to stay overnight?
(a) she fears she will be murdered in her sleep.
(b) she fears she is a thief.
(c) she fears she will hear her talk in her sleep.
(d) she thinks the girl is adled.

12. What is the banker's house like?
(a) in need of a woman's touch.
(b) small and comfortable.
(c) large but without much furniture.
(d) large and well furnished.

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

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

15. 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 fear and trepidation.
(d) with her will to stop thieving.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Moll say she continues to steal?

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

3. Why does Moll cease to fear witnesses against her?

4. What does Moll steal from a child?

5. Why does the landlady not offer the same help that Mrs. B offers?

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