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

2. Who is said to be sleeping in the nursery with Tobias’s son after the doctor’s departure in Chapter 54?

3. Where does Jack encounter Mercy in Chapter 84?

4. What doctor does Tobias recall in Wapping that had killed three of his spinster patients and fed their remains to his fox terrier in Chapter 53?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. What takes place in Tobias’s house in Chapter 82? Where does Jack go when he leaves?

2. What exchange takes place between Tobias and Dr. Grieves at Mr. Butler’s house in Chapter 50?

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

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

5. What ailment is causing problems for Tobias’s infant son in Chapter 52? Who does he go to fetch for help?

6. Where have Tobias and Jack arrived in the beginning of Chapter 81? What is their objective at this setting?

7. How does Jack describe the punishment he and Sophina received from Ma Britten in Chapter 65?

8. What discussion takes place between Mr. Butler, Mr. Makepeace, and Mr. Phipps in Chapter 79?

9. How is the meeting between Jack, Tobias, and the Thief-taker described in Chapter 67?

10. How is Tobias’s son treated in Chapters 52 and 53? What further complications does Tobias encounter in these chapters?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze and discuss the character of Edward Constable in the narrative. How old is Constable? What new information has the reader learned about Constable’s history with Henry Phipps in Chapters 46-48? Why does Constable refrain from telling Jack this information?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the setting of Mr. Percy Buckle’s estate. How large is Mr. Buckle’s household? How many servants does the master keep? How does Jack fit in with this group of characters? What are his perceptions of them?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss the setting of Brighton and the imagery depicted of it in the novel. Why does Tobias Oates go first to the morgue to cover his story of the fire? What impressions does Tobias have of the children that he finds there?

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