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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Moll married to the Irishman?

2. Who does the governess introduce Moll to who can help her learn the art of thieving?

3. What is the governess' new business?

4. Why does Moll not relate all the adventures of her Lancashire husband?

5. What does Moll say a woman is like when she is left desolate?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Moll finally caught red handed?

2. What is Moll's concern about having the baby in the rooming house where she is staying?

3. Why does Moll stop stealing for a while?

4. What event causes Moll to turn to a life of crime?

5. Why does Moll not make a play for the banker?

6. How does Moll's marriage to the banker come to an end?

7. How does Moll eventually project her guilt onto someone else?

8. What passes through Moll's head as she marries the banker?

9. What does James tell Moll as she departs for London?

10. How does the governess try to prepare Moll for hanging?

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