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

2. What is the governess' new business?
(a) drug dealer.
(b) tax collector.
(c) matchmaker.
(d) pawnbroker.

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

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

5. What is Moll tempted to do that frightens her?
(a) she is tempted to steal the girl.
(b) she is tempted to turn herself in.
(c) she is tempted to look for more children to rob.
(d) she is tempted to murder the girl.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Moll reproach herself after getting caught with the brocade silk?

2. When a woman friend of Moll's wants her to meet her brother, what does the man want?

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

4. What does the governess manage for Moll's son?

5. What do they call Mrs. B in her house?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Moll escape capture when a former partner in crime gets caught by the police?

2. In Newgate, who is the leader of a rebel gang brought in for trial?

3. Describe how Moll and James part.

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

5. How does Moll turn her stolen goods into cash?

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

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

8. How does Moll meet the next man she becomes involved with when she is forty-two-years old?

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

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

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