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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is the magistrate in a foul mood about the King's coronation?
(a) He thinks Jack should have been crowned king.
(b) He thinks it should have been a public holiday.
(c) He thinks the festivities lasted too long.
(d) He thinks he should have been crowned king.

2. What happens when the gold guinea samples are melted?
(a) The base metal and pure gold separate.
(b) The base metal and pure gold change colors.
(c) The base metal and pure gold catch on fire.
(d) The base metal and pure gold fuse together.

3. What is Jack wearing when he arrives at the hanging platform?
(a) A golden crown.
(b) Nothing.
(c) A three-layered suit.
(d) Nothing but his undergarments.

4. What is to happen to Jack after he is hung by the neck?
(a) He will be drawn and quartered until he dies.
(b) His body will be thrown in the River Thames.
(c) He will be pardoned by the House of Lords.
(d) He will be pressed under a 300-pound weight.

5. Why is Jack led to a cart before he hangs?
(a) To parade him through the streets.
(b) To drag him through the streets.
(c) To change his clothes.
(d) To hold his possessions.

6. When is White arrested?
(a) Before the Queen's death.
(b) After the trial of the Pyx.
(c) Before Jack's sons escape.
(d) After the King's coronation.

7. What is the name of Danny and Jimmy's friend in Carolina?
(a) Mateo.
(b) Zorro.
(c) Reeba.
(d) Toomba.

8. What does the Clubb use to pinpoint the location they are looking for?
(a) The number of wheel rotations counted.
(b) The number of wheels on a cart.
(c) The number of people in town.
(d) The number of houses they pass.

9. Who tells Daniel that many men aboard the Minerva perceive him as bad luck?
(a) Dappa.
(b) Sir Isaac.
(c) Otto Van Hoek.
(d) Johann.

10. What does Jack believe he's found under the stress of torture?
(a) Hatred.
(b) Satan.
(c) Power.
(d) God.

11. What does Daniel discover about Sir Isaac in his sedan chair?
(a) He has no clothes.
(b) He has a gun.
(c) He has died.
(d) He has a bomb.

12. Who are Jimmy and Danny?
(a) Daniel's nephews.
(b) Bob Shaftoe's nephews.
(c) Sir Isaac's brothers.
(d) Marsh's sons.

13. What do the other parishioners do to Jack?
(a) They yield to him and stare at the floor.
(b) They rejoice and sing him praise.
(c) They trip him and laugh as he falls.
(d) They yell at him until he leaves.

14. What has Dappa become while imprisoned?
(a) Sad and despondent.
(b) Bitter and cruel.
(c) An incredibly wealthy man.
(d) An incredibly poor man.

15. Who does Daniel decide to write to at the end?
(a) Caroline.
(b) Sir Isaac.
(c) Leibniz.
(d) Eliza.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who owns the property being used to process phosphorous?

2. Where is Jack moved to in the prison?

3. How is becoming a member of the Clubb different for Leibniz than for other members?

4. What are Haubites?

5. What does the executioner place over Jack's head?

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