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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 say she does for the newborns?
(a) kills them humanely.
(b) saves their lives.
(c) finds them good homes.
(d) pays for their education.

2. Who does the landlady send for to assist Moll?
(a) a doctor.
(b) a banker.
(c) a midwife.
(d) a lawyer.

3. What does Moll fear about her current landlady who brings Mrs. B?
(a) that she will steal her baby.
(b) that she will toss her out.
(c) that she will demand a great deal of money.
(d) that she will cause trouble for her.

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

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

6. Why do people suggest that Moll move out of St. John's Street?
(a) people think she is a whore.
(b) she is obviously pregnant with no husband.
(c) someone recognises her.
(d) she needs to go to a hsopital.

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

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

9. How does the governess get money from the baronet?
(a) by picking his pocket.
(b) by extortion.
(c) by returning his possessions.
(d) by begging.

10. What happens to save Moll?
(a) she is sentenced to being transported instead of death.
(b) she agrees to go to France and never return to England.
(c) she buys her way out of prison.
(d) she manages a great escape from Newgate.

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

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

13. 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.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What hardens Moll's heart to become a professional thief?

2. What does Moll say allowed the devil to push her into crime?

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

4. How does Mill say she came out of the charge of robbing the silversmith?

5. What does Moll steal from a child?

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