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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. Why does Moll not relate all the adventures of her Lancashire husband?
(a) she cannot know them all.
(b) it is her story, not his.
(c) she does not believe them all.
(d) she means to write another book.

2. When a woman friend of Moll's wants her to meet her brother, what does the man want?
(a) a maid.
(b) her money.
(c) a mistress.
(d) a nanny for his children.

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

4. What does Moll say a woman is like when she is left desolate?
(a) like a ship sinking in the ocean.
(b) like a fish out of water.
(c) like a bag of money dopped on the street.
(d) like a child without parents.

5. Who does the governess introduce Moll to who can help her learn the art of thieving?
(a) a house robber.
(b) a professional pickpocket.
(c) a magician.
(d) a schoolmistress.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Moll steal from a child?

2. What does the banker say about himself and his wife?

3. What does Mrs. B say she does for the newborns?

4. What happens when Moll's husband learns she is poor?

5. Why do people suggest that Moll move out of St. John's Street?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How is Moll finally caught red handed?

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

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

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

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

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

10. What causes Moll to continue stealing?

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