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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 70-72.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. By what nickname does Jack call Mercy in Chapter 20?
(a) Muffin.
(b) Judy.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Lady.

3. How many “errands” does Jack say he and his companion did for Silas in the summer of 1801 in his letter from Chapter 43?
(a) 5.
(b) 20.
(c) 10.
(d) 30.

4. 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?
(a) “I am a humanist.”
(b) “I am a naturalist.”
(c) “I am likewise afflicted.”
(d) “I am a priest.”

5. What is the real role Mercy has in Mr. Butler’s household?
(a) She is his daughter.
(b) She is his wife.
(c) She is his sister.
(d) She is his mistress.

Short Answer Questions

1. By what year does Jack say in his letter that he and his family “ate best brisket, chump chops, rolled roast beef from the butcher’s shop in Upper Street, and Mrs. Britten was the owner of two freehold titles” in Chapter 58?

2. What does the doctor demand as payment for his services after he’s saved Tobias’s baby from infection in Chapter 53?

3. What novel is Elizabeth Warriner reading in the opening of Chapter 64?

4. Who has collapsed outside the door of Mr. Butler’s study in Chapter 42?

5. In Chapter 34, Tobias says he is setting off for what location to write about a recent fire?

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