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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. What name does Mary recall having been tattooed on Mary Britten’s wrist in Chapter 86?
(a) Tom.
(b) Jack.
(c) Peter.
(d) Silas.

2. What substance in Mary Britten’s abortion pills “gave all our hands an unpleasant fishy smell” according to Jack in his letter from Chapter 58?
(a) Ergot.
(b) Argot.
(c) Ermine.
(d) Pennyroyal.

3. How old does the narrator say Dick Maggs was “when Jack returned from England” in Chapter 91?
(a) 12.
(b) 6.
(c) 7.
(d) 11.

4. Whose name does Jack insist that Tobias never repeat again in Chapter 73?
(a) Elizabeth’s.
(b) Sophina’s.
(c) Mary’s.
(d) Sarah’s.

5. Where is Mary Oates from?
(a) Gloucestershire.
(b) Buckinghamshire.
(c) Wapping.
(d) Whitechapel.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old does Jack say Henry was the last time he saw him in Chapter 85?

2. What was the name on the pill bottles that Mary Britten began selling instead of sausages, according to Jack’s letter in Chapter 58?

3. What is the name of the beloved tutor that rescued Henry from the orphanage?

4. How old does Jack say Henry was when he first met him in Chapter 71?

5. What does Jack tell Mr. Spinks he should never look in the eye in Chapter 46?

Short Essay Questions

1. How has Tobias gone about securing money to cover his debts in Chapters 56 and 57?

2. Where are Jack and Tobias going in Chapters 62-63? What exchange of secrets takes place on the journey?

3. How do Jack and Tobias escape Gloucester in Chapter 70? What dangers do they face?

4. Why does Mary go to the home of Mary Britten in Chapter 77?

5. How does Jack describe his first meeting with Henry Phipps in Chapter 71?

6. What occurrences have shaped the prospects of Tobias Oates in Chapter 61?

7. What outcome is revealed for Jack and Mercy Larkin in the denouement of the novel?

8. What is discovered about Elizabeth Warriner’s condition in Chapter 86?

9. What does Jack discover in Tobias’s notebook in Chapters 73 and 74? How does Jack respond?

10. What leads to the violent conflict that takes place in Chapter 68? What do Jack and Tobias do afterward?

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