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Paraic O'Donnell
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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 drug does Esther Tull use to ease her pain?
(a) Cocaine.
(b) Morphine.
(c) Opium.
(d) Heroin.

2. With which of the following does Chapter IV begin?
(a) “The house in Half Moon Street was large and commandingly handsome.”
(b) “The snow had died away in the night.”
(c) “Pursuant to discussion in hallway of residence, shown to kitchens in rear by Mr. Carew.”
(d) “Gideon’s knocking, this time, was answered almost at once.”

3. Which market do Gideon and Angela visit together?
(a) Borough.
(b) Billingsgate.
(c) Southwark.
(d) Central.

4. With what police sergeant does George speak as he works to assist Octavia?
(a) Blake.
(b) Keats.
(c) Coleridge.
(d) Wordsworth.

5. To which part of London does Octavia’s editor send her with news about a missing girl?
(a) Whitechapel.
(b) Shadwell.
(c) Finsbury.
(d) Soho.

Short Answer Questions

1. What other inspector does Cutter encounter at his preferred dinner establishment?

2. At what time does Esther Tull arrive at the Strythe house?

3. With which of the following does Gideon speak when trying to find his uncle’s dwellings?

4. Which playwright is quoted in the novel’s epigraph?

5. What flowers does Gideon buy for Angela?

Short Essay Questions

1. What reasons does Cutter give for thinking the murder of Esther Tull’s sister more than a botched burglary?

2. How does Octavia’s editor initially attempt to alter his agreement with her?

3. When Carew answers the door for Cutter and Gideon at Strythe’s London house, to what does Cutter mockingly ascribe his slowness in doing so?

4. What sounds does Esther Tull note associate with the safe in Strythe’s workroom?

5. What reason for pride does Esther Tull have in her self-stitching?

6. With what does Octavia dicker with a railroad staffer for passenger information?

7. What reasons does Gideon give for thinking the murder of Esther Tull’s sister more than a botched burglary?

8. What comment does Angela’s landlady make about men doing harm (180)?

9. Why does Cutter note not having asked Carew about Esther Tull’s lodgings?

10. What does Neuilly initially note to Gideon as the focus of his ministry?

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