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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. When Moll is well enough to go to Mrs. B's house, how is she surprised?

4. How does the governess say the baronet explained his condition to his wife?

5. How does the governess get money from the baronet?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What happens to the child after it is born?

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

6. Why is Moll so popular up north?

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

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

9. How is Moll finally caught red handed?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay of at least two typewritten, double spaced pages the position of women in 18th century England and in the colonies. Define the limitations placed on women, their responsibility regarding having children, their lack of rights when a marriage or relationship breaks up, the kind of labor they are limited to doing and the pay scale they are offered.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay of at least two typewritten, double spaced pages on the value of goods that Moll stole as opposed to their value today. Many of Moll's thefts involved fabrics such as silk. Another thing was plate (items made of silver). Explain what that tells about the value of such items in the 18th century. Discuss how these are not the things usually taken in robberies today.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay of at least two typewritten, double spaced pages on child labor. Start with the way it was in Moll's day and note how changes have been made in Europe and America. Discuss the bad effects on exploited children and places in the world where child labor is still a problem.

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