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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year was John Sheppard said to have been hanged in Chapter 13?
(a) 1659.
(b) 1812.
(c) 1799.
(d) 1724.

2. Through whose house does Jack escape from to the street below in the end of Chapter 9?
(a) Mr. Smith’s.
(b) Mr. Laurence’s.
(c) Mr. Phipps’s.
(d) Mr. Pope’s.

3. Who is the old dustman that Silas arranged to pick up the sacks of stolen goods that Jack stole, according to Jack’s letter in Chapter 43?
(a) Mr. Cobblestone.
(b) Mr. Figgs.
(c) Mr. James.
(d) Mr. Jamm.

4. What does Mercy discover left behind on Mr. Butler’s desk after Jack has left the room at the end of Chapter 42?
(a) Jack’s letter.
(b) Jack’s ring.
(c) Jack’s watch.
(d) Jack’s pistol.

5. Who is the driver of Mr. Butler’s coach in Chapter 18?
(a) Mr. Foster.
(b) Mr. Pope.
(c) Mr. Smith.
(d) Mr. Constable.

6. What is the name of the young girl orphan that Tobias first views in the morgue in Chapter 34?
(a) Mavis Crofts.
(b) Amy Griff.
(c) Mary Britten.
(d) Sarah Smith.

7. Tobias is said in Chapter 13 to have ambitions to become “a novelist who might topple” who himself?
(a) Shelley.
(b) Thackeray.
(c) Lord Byron.
(d) Dickens.

8. What was the name of Jack’s benefactor growing up?
(a) Henry Phipps.
(b) Silas Smith.
(c) Edward Constable.
(d) Wilf Partridge.

9. How many paces behind him does Mr. Butler instruct Jack to keep as they walk to Tobias’s home in Chapter 22?
(a) 3.
(b) 10.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

10. How much money did Jack’s benefactor pay to take his naked body when he was found as an infant under the London Bridge?
(a) Three pennies.
(b) A double-crown.
(c) A crown.
(d) A penny.

11. What is the name of Tobias’s son?
(a) Peter Oates.
(b) John Oates.
(c) Edward Oates.
(d) Jack Oates.

12. What is the name of Tobias’s wife?
(a) Elizabeth Oates.
(b) Sarah Oates.
(c) Mercy Oates.
(d) Mary Oates.

13. In what year was Jack transported out of London with a life sentence?
(a) 1819.
(b) 1821.
(c) 1812.
(d) 1813.

14. Percy Butler is said to be no taller than what height in Chapter 30?
(a) 5’2”.
(b) 4’10”.
(c) 6'.
(d) 5'.

15. What role is Tobias playing when he arrives at Mr. Butler’s home in Chapter 39?
(a) Sir William McReady.
(b) King Lear.
(c) Edward the Great.
(d) Sir Spencer Spence.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of the little girl that helped Jack break into homes for Silas Smith in Chapter 43?

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

4. What school had Mercy briefly attended, according to the narrator in Chapter 19?

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

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