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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How does Mill say she came out of the charge of robbing the silversmith?
(a) with fear and trepidation.
(b) with shame and disgrace.
(c) with flying colors.
(d) with her will to stop thieving.

7. Why does Moll cease to fear witnesses against her?
(a) she knows too much about them.
(b) she works in several disguises.
(c) they are all hanged or transported.
(d) no one knows her face.

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

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

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

11. What does Moll confess to the banker?
(a) that she had thought he was single.
(b) that she had no romantic ideas about him.
(c) that she trusted him but that was all.
(d) that she fell in love with him at the bank.

12. 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.

13. How does Moll begin looking at the banker's house?
(a) as if she could improve on it.
(b) as a problem she must solve.
(c) as a place she likes to visit.
(d) as if it were her own.

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

15. Who does Moll get to visit in Newgate?
(a) her Lancashire husband.
(b) her son Jemmy.
(c) an accused assassin.
(d) her old partner in crime.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Moll do to the shopkeeper after she is exonerated by the capture of the real shoplifter?

2. What is Moll's first theft?

3. What is the location when Moll is finally caught red handed?

4. How does the banker say his wife is a whore?

5. How long is Moll married to the banker before he dies?

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