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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The “doctor” who appears at Mr. Butler’s home in Chapters 37-39 speaks of what being present on Great Queen Street?
(a) Black Plague.
(b) Contagion.
(c) Dysentery.
(d) Tuberculosis.

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

3. What color is Tobias’s daily workbook where he records the words of Jack under hypnosis?
(a) Blue.
(b) Red.
(c) Green.
(d) Yellow.

4. Mary Britten’s medicinal sausages are implied to induce what?
(a) Vomiting.
(b) Pain.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Abortion.

5. Mercy tells Jack in Chapter 28 that Tobias, Mr. Butler, and Mrs. Oates know his secret. She tells Jack, “They say that you are a convict from” where?
(a) “Northern Africa.”
(b) “New South Wales.”
(c) “Gregory Simm’s gang.”
(d) “The Irish Waters.”

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of Mr. Buckle’s “bibulous and senile butler” that he inherited along with his house on Great Queen Street?

3. How is the weather described in the morning that begins Chapter 33?

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

5. Who was the master of Mr. Buckle’s home on Great Queen Street prior to Mr. Buckle?

Short Essay Questions

1. How have Mr. Butler’s perceptions of Jack changed in Chapter 28?

2. How is Mercy’s childhood described in Chapter 19? How did Mercy come to meet Mr. Butler?

3. Who arrives at the home of Percy in Chapter 37? How is this character described?

4. What news does Mr. Butler bring to Mr. Oates when Mr. Oates returns in Chapter 36?

5. What does Jack do on Great Queen Street in Chapter 2? Who is he mistaken for?

6. What deal is made between Jack and Tobias in Chapter 13?

7. How is Jack’s demeanor when he awakens in Chapter 31? What does Jack learn from Edward Constable?

8. What does Jack write about his first experience with thievery in his letter to Henry in Chapter 26?

9. What does Jack do after the departure of the visitor in Mr. Butler’s home in Chapter 40?

10. What causes the confrontation between Jack and Percy Butler in Chapter 17?

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