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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) 20.
(b) 10.
(c) 5.
(d) 30.

2. What is the secret that Tobias is said to harbor in Chapter 10?
(a) He is an escaped convict.
(b) His is secretly married to two women.
(c) He is in love with his wife’s sister.
(d) He is a millionaire.

3. Who offers to send his friends to find Henry Phipps in Chapter 32?
(a) Mr. Francis.
(b) Mr. Britten.
(c) Mr. Constable.
(d) Mr. Pope.

4. 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. Foster.
(b) Mr. Spinks.
(c) Mr. Pope.
(d) Mr. Constable.

5. What is the name of Mary Britten’s “big red-boned son”?
(a) Jack Britten.
(b) Peter Britten.
(c) Tom Britten.
(d) Silas Britten.

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

7. What term from Chapter 22 refers to a working-class movement for political reform in Britain between 1838 and 1848?
(a) Whig.
(b) Tory.
(c) Republican.
(d) Chartist.

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

9. On what street does Tobias live in Chapter 10?
(a) Chancery Lane.
(b) Lamb’s Conduit Street.
(c) Whitechapel Street.
(d) Great Queen Street.

10. What is the conclusion that the “doctor” comes to after inspecting the household’s servants in Chapter 39?
(a) To burn the house.
(b) To call in more doctors.
(c) To quarantine the house.
(d) To evacuate the house.

11. What is the name of the lawyer that had brought Mr. Buckle his “Great Good Fortune”?
(a) Mr. Makepeace.
(b) Mr. Warriner.
(c) Mr. Pope.
(d) Mr. Foster.

12. What is the name of the hangman at Newgate Prison, according to the narrator in Chapter 33?
(a) Samuel Laurence.
(b) Edward Constable.
(c) James Warsaw.
(d) Harold Hoban.

13. What does Edward Constable define in Chapter 38 as someone who is “rich and has no manners”?
(a) An eccentric.
(b) An intellectual.
(c) A snob.
(d) A debutante.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many cats did Mr. Buckle inherit along with his house on Great Queen Street?

3. What physical curiosity is noted of the man in the red waistcoat both aboard the coach and outside the gin bar in Chapter 1?

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

5. How old is Tobias said to be in Chapter 10?

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