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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what does the narrator compare his novel?
(a) to plays written for the stage.
(b) to religious pamphlets.
(c) to school lessons.
(d) to narrative poems.

2. After the gentleman lover nearly dies, what happens to him?
(a) he is struck by remorse.
(b) he goes to France.
(c) he vows to find a new lover.
(d) he loses him membory of Moll.

3. Why does the narrator say that the ugly and wicked part of a person's life must be presented?
(a) to make the story more interesting to readers.
(b) to warn people about living such a life.
(c) to show the beauty of penitence may be appreciated.
(d) to show the reasons penitence is needed.

4. How does Moll say she and the older brother behaved in the house of an acquaintance when they were alone?
(a) as nervous as cats.
(b) as proper as church ladies.
(c) as brave as soldiers.
(d) as wicked as they pleased.

5. What can Moll not consider doing?
(a) marry one brother and be the mistress of the other.
(b) running away from both brothers.
(c) marry a man she does not love.
(d) marry for money.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the captain's lady help repay Moll for her services?

2. What does the narrator tell the reader to expect in the story?

3. How does Moll get one last £50 from her brother/husband in Virginia?

4. What does the narrator hope the reader will be more pleased with?

5. What type of instruction does the narrator say is included in the story?

Short Essay Questions

1. As the story opens, why does the writer not reveal her real name?

2. What happens when Moll is only 14-years-old?

3. What are the stories her mother-in-law tells that eventually reveal she was herself transported from Newgate prison to America?

4. How does Moll protest the older brother's suggestion?

5. What is Moll's life like at first in Virginia?

6. What does the editor claim about Moll's new life in the American colonies?

7. How does the gentleman react when he learns of Moll's pregnancy?

8. After some repentance for their sleeping together, what do Moll and the gentleman do?

9. What is the complication that arises in the new family where Moll lives?

10. To Moll's chagrin, what does the older brother insist that she do?

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