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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was John Sheppard said to have been hanged in Chapter 13?

2. Tobias is said to have purchased the hand of a thief at a little shop where in Chapter 13?

3. For how many gentlemen is Miss Mott cooking dinner in the beginning of Chapter 4?

4. What is the name of Tobias’s wife?

5. Where does Henry Hawthorne have lunch with Tobias on April 23 in Chapter 25?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What conversation does Mercy overhear between Mr. Buckle and Mr. Makepeace in Chapter 33?

3. How are the emotional and mental states of Mr. Butler’s servants described in Chapters 40-42?

4. What does the reader learn about the relationship between Mr. Butler and Mercy in Chapter 30? What does Jack reveal to Mr. Butler in this chapter?

5. What assessment is reached regarding the household of Percy in Chapter 39?

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

7. How is Tobias’s household and family described in Chapter 10? What is Tobias’s secret that is revealed in the chapter?

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

9. Where does Tobias travel to in Chapter 34? What does he do at this location?

10. What does Jack do after the dinner party in Chapter 9?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and analyze the setting of Jack Maggs. What year is established in Chapter 1? How does the author describe London at this time? Where in London does Jack Maggs first appear? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and analyze the character of Silas Smith in the narrative. How old is Silas Smith? What is his principle “occupation”? How does Silas go about apprenticing Jack Maggs as a thief?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the theme of secrecy in the novel. What secrets has the author revealed of the main characters in the first twelve chapters of the book? How do you foresee these secrets integrating themselves into the plot of the story?

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