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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 was ether used for?
(a) To clean the banquet table.
(b) To open the time gate.
(c) To make Doyle unconscious.
(d) A spell to track the time travelers.

2. "Nobody is ever turned away from ____________."
(a) Billingsgate.
(b) Pye Street Beggar House.
(c) Dr. Romany's Traveling Egyptian Fair.
(d) Horrabin's Hall.

3. Who is the clown?
(a) Horrabin.
(b) Jacky.
(c) Bugs.
(d) Dungy.

4. Who grabs Doyle's leg before Bugs can lead Doyle away?
(a) Fairchild.
(b) Jacky.
(c) Skate Benjamin.
(d) Romany.

5. What does Bugs want from Doyle in exchange for taking Doyle to Horrabin?
(a) A shilling.
(b) Ten pennies.
(c) A peppermint.
(d) A tuppence.

Short Answer Questions

1. What position does Darrow really hire Benner for?

2. Who says, "Time is comparable to a river flowing under a layer of ice. It stretches us out like water weeds, from root to tip, from birth to death, curled around whatever rocks or snags happen to lie in our path; and no one can get out of the river because of the ice roof, and no one can turn back against the current for an instant?"

3. What is Jacky's real first name?

4. What does Doyle say he sees behind their carriage on the way to the lecture?

5. Who are Horrabin's beggars and the gypsies looking for?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Skate Benjamin.

2. What happens when Doyle and Romany first meet?

3. How does Jacky end up at the river where Doyle is being pursued?

4. What is unique about Romany?

5. Describe Dumb Tom.

6. What happens when Doyle is shot?

7. What are the Spoonsize Boys?

8. Describe Horrabin.

9. Who says, "We'll write you a role, and then depending on what ... sacrifices you're willing to make, you can earn up to a pound a day," and what does the character mean?

10. What is curious about the bullet shot at Doyle?

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