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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 6: King of the Vagabonds, pages 337-390.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Dick, Bob, and Jack get as their first job?
(a) Picking pockets.
(b) Robbing boats.
(c) Running the stage.
(d) Working the ferry.

2. Why is the woman being hanged at the beginning of the book?
(a) She is a thief.
(b) She didn't pay her taxes.
(c) She is a witch.
(d) She cheated on her husband.

3. Who did experiments with gunpowder?
(a) Wilkins.
(b) Newton.
(c) Leibniz.
(d) Hooke.

4. Why did Daniel see a boy stabbed at college?
(a) He believed in Alchemy.
(b) He refused to cheat on his exams.
(c) He challenged another boy to a duel.
(d) He tried to protect a woman.

5. What did Daniel's father own?
(a) A boat.
(b) An inn.
(c) A lake.
(d) A farm.

Short Answer Questions

1. What affected Wilkins's judgement before his death?

2. What did Daniel say he learned most from at college?

3. What kind of language did Wilkins want to create?

4. How did the Duke of York find out about Hooke's experiments with dogs?

5. How did Daniel feel about the play he saw at Cambridge?

(see the answer key)

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