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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 37-39.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Tobias is said to have purchased the hand of a thief at a little shop where in Chapter 13?
(a) Tyburn.
(b) Whitechapel.
(c) Lyceum.
(d) Wapping.

2. What is the name of Mr. Buckle’s “bibulous and senile butler” that he inherited along with his house on Great Queen Street?
(a) Mr. Spinks.
(b) Mr. Constable.
(c) Mr. Foster.
(d) Mr. Pope.

3. What does the word “finder” refer to in the narrative?
(a) A miner.
(b) A prostitute.
(c) A poor person.
(d) A thief.

4. What is the precise date given by the narrator in Chapter 1 when the man with the red waistcoat arrives in London?
(a) April 15, 1837.
(b) March 12, 1836.
(c) May 1, 1837.
(d) September 14, 1837.

5. Chapter 17 begins on Tuesday morning on what date?
(a) April 18, 1837.
(b) June 19, 1836.
(c) September 12, 1838.
(d) June 16, 1837.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many paces behind him does Mr. Butler instruct Jack to keep as they walk to Tobias’s home in Chapter 22?

2. In what year was John Sheppard said to have been hanged in Chapter 13?

3. What is the profession of Mr. Tobias Oates?

4. Who is the first to go into the scullery and meet with the visiting “doctor” in Chapter 39?

5. What is the real role Mercy has in Mr. Butler’s household?

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