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

2. Why does Moll say she continues to steal?
(a) if she stops others will turn her in to the police.
(b) she is in the power of the devil.
(c) she has nothing better to do.
(d) it keeps her from being bored.

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

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

5. What effect does the movement of the prisoners to the gallows have on Moll?
(a) she laughs at the misfortune she has avoided.
(b) she has a moment of great relief.
(c) she feels superior once again.
(d) she has a fit of crying.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to a woman caught with goods Moll had stolen?

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

3. How does Moll steal two rings she sees through a house window?

4. What happens to Moll in her widow's dress outside a shop?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Moll finally caught red handed?

2. What assistance does she get from the landlady at the rooming house?

3. What had Moll's new husband, James, believed about her before they were married?

4. What does Moll do after the man falls into a drunken sleep?

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

6. Where do Moll and James end up after Newgate?

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

8. What causes Moll to continue stealing?

9. What adventure does Moll have at the gaming house?

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

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