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

2. What hardens Moll's heart to become a professional thief?
(a) the thrill of not getting caught.
(b) fear of going hungry.
(c) hoping to find her highwayman husband.
(d) the joy of having a profession.

3. Why does Moll not allow the maid Mrs. B sends to stay overnight?
(a) she fears she will hear her talk in her sleep.
(b) she fears she is a thief.
(c) she thinks the girl is adled.
(d) she fears she will be murdered in her sleep.

4. Who does Moll meet to help her with her money?
(a) a doctor.
(b) a solicitor.
(c) a merchant.
(d) a banker.

5. Why does Mrs. B not abort Moll's pregnancy?
(a) she has a buyer for Moll's child.
(b) her religion does not allow it.
(c) Moll wants to keep the baby.
(d) she is too far along.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Moll confess to the banker?

2. What effect does Moll's brushes with the law have on her activities?

3. What do Moll and her Lancashire husband discover about each other?

4. What is the governess' new business?

5. How does Moll take advantage of the fop who took her to bed one evening?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why does Moll stop stealing for a while?

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

7. What causes Moll to continue stealing?

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

9. What kind of reputation does Moll earn from the underground, criminal community?

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

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