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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who saw the fire in London as a sign of the Apocalypse?
(a) Hooke.
(b) Daniel.
(c) Daniel's father.
(d) All of these.

3. What does Jack name the horse he steals?
(a) Turner.
(b) Turk.
(c) Talmage.
(d) Talon.

4. What did Daniel help Wilkins do while Cambridge was closed?
(a) Do experiments.
(b) Bring in the crops.
(c) Write a book.
(d) All of these.

5. How did Dick die?
(a) He was hung.
(b) He drowned.
(c) He got the Plague.
(d) He was shot.

6. How did the Duke of York find out about Hooke's experiments with dogs?
(a) He saw it through a window.
(b) He heard a dog scream.
(c) Hooke wrote to him about it.
(d) Rumors spread to him.

7. Why did Daniel not seek vengeance for the boy who committed the stabbing at college?
(a) He knew Jesus would judge him.
(b) He was afraid.
(c) His father believed in pacifism.
(d) He was too sick.

8. Where is the book set at the beginning?
(a) Sussex.
(b) York.
(c) Boston.
(d) New York.

9. How old was Eliza when she was abducted?
(a) 9.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 7.

10. What kind of shop did Newton have someone watching him in?
(a) Herb.
(b) Coffee.
(c) Book.
(d) Apothecary.

11. What kind of language did Wilkins want to create?
(a) Alchemist.
(b) Religious.
(c) Secret.
(d) Philosophical.

12. Who signed the Declaration for Freedom of Conscience of all Dissenters?
(a) The Prime Minister.
(b) The House Speaker.
(c) The King.
(d) The Queen.

13. Princess Caroline wants Daniel's help with _____________.
(a) Finding her husband.
(b) Building a college.
(c) Reuniting two researches.
(d) Teaching her children.

14. What period is this book set in?
(a) Romantic.
(b) Transcendental.
(c) Industrial.
(d) Baroque.

15. Where did Churchill say Jack would be useful?
(a) In politics.
(b) In a factory.
(c) In a regiment.
(d) In prison.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who talks Jack into buying shares in a mine?

2. What was Eliza doing when she was abducted?

3. What was Bob and Jack's second job?

4. How many wagons does Leibniz take to the Fair?

5. Why is the woman being hanged at the beginning of the book?

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