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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. Who do Danny and Jimmy kill in Carolina?
(a) Their father.
(b) The overseer of the property.
(c) Their friend.
(d) The mistress of the property.

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

3. What signifies that the gold is pure?
(a) Its molten texture.
(b) Its molten color.
(c) Its weight of 12 ounces.
(d) Its weight of 10 ounces.

4. What does the public throw at Jack when he bids them goodnight?
(a) Hundreds of roses.
(b) Hundreds of vegetables.
(c) Hundreds of rocks.
(d) Hundreds of coins.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Eliza once ask Jack to choose?

2. Who is the Earl of Lostwihiel's deputy?

3. What does the Clubb use to pinpoint the location they are looking for?

4. What is Jack wearing when he arrives at the hanging platform?

5. Why is Jack led to a cart before he hangs?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the procedure for testing the gold guinea samples?

2. How much does the gold weigh, and what is the significance of that weight?

3. What happens to Jack, according to the Epilogs?

4. How has Dappa turned the tables on White by this point in the story?

5. What is the significance of the cheering public throwing coins at Jack in his cell?

6. How does Daniel feel about what happens to Ravenscar in Chapter 9, and what must he now handle by himself?

7. What is different about the last moments Sir Isaac and Leibniz spend with each other?

8. Describe the security measures at Westminster Abbey and what they are protecting.

9. What are Daniel's conflicting thoughts about sacking Sir Isaac as master of the mint?

10. How is Sir Isaac's death hidden from the officials?

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