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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 25-27.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is said to have painted a portrait of Tobias in 1838?
(a) Samuel Laurence.
(b) Pablo Picasso.
(c) Lord Byron.
(d) Charles Dickens.

2. How old is Tobias said to be in Chapter 10?
(a) 32.
(b) 29.
(c) 24.
(d) 42.

3. What does Miss Mott reply when Mercy says in Chapter 4, “I don’t think he’s a footman at all. Don’t he look ever so distinguished?”
(a) “He looks like a gentleman.”
(b) “He looks like a murderer.”
(c) “He looks like a thief.”
(d) “He looks like a lord.”

4. The narrator notes in Chapter 25 that there are what “in all crooked businesses”?
(a) “Two stories.”
(b) “Two sets of books.”
(c) “Two sets of obstacles.”
(d) “Two heads of state.”

5. What is the name of Mercy’s mother?
(a) Elizabeth Larkin.
(b) Sarah Larkin.
(c) Mary Larkin.
(d) Marjorie Larkin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Mercy’s father?

2. What is the name of Mary Britten’s “big red-boned son”?

3. Where had Mercy Larkin’s father worked as a mechanic, according to the narrator in Chapter 19?

4. What play is Henry performing in currently in Chapter 25?

5. When Tobias offers to help Jack with his inner demons in Tobias’s office in Chapter 13, Jack replies, “But what is it to you, Sir? It is my pain after all.” What is Tobias’s response?

(see the answer key)

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