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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. What does the narrator say has been left out of the story?
(a) some of the most boring parts.
(b) some of the duplicate parts.
(c) some of the more vicious parts.
(d) some of the least colorful parts.

2. Who does Moll meet at Bath?
(a) an other draper.
(b) a handsome rogue.
(c) a gentleman down from London.
(d) an old friend from the Mint.

3. What does the sister tell her brother now recommends a woman to a gentleman?
(a) only exceptional looks.
(b) nothing but money.
(c) being well educated.
(d) having a sponsor.

4. How does Moll get away from the gypsies?
(a) by running to a policeman.
(b) by finding her mother.
(c) by hiding herself.
(d) by being sold by the gypsies.

5. What does Moll persuade the mistress to allow her to do?
(a) go to school.
(b) run away.
(c) live in her house.
(d) find a husband.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Moll propose to make her own living?

3. What does Moll receive at the second home where she is kept?

4. Who does the young lady get to start the rumor that Moll is rich?

5. What is the assumption left up to the reader in the Preface?

Short Essay Questions

1. What excuse does the older brother give for not marrying Moll right away?

2. What solution do Moll and her husband-brother come up with to resolve the situation?

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

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

5. Listening to her mother-in-law, what does Moll suddenly realize?

6. What does Moll learn about the Men who visit Bath during the summer season?

7. How does Moll become closely involved with a wealthy man in Bath?

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

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

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

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