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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the governess manage for Moll's son?
(a) an adoption by a childless couple.
(b) a place in an orphanage.
(c) a shelter in a convent.
(d) a good nurse that is not very expenisve.

2. When Moll is well enough to go to Mrs. B's house, how is she surprised?
(a) by its comfort and cleanliness.
(b) by its value.
(c) by its seculsion.
(d) by its small rooms.

3. Who does the wealthy man Moll robs in a coach turn out to be?
(a) a cousin of the king.
(b) a royal prince.
(c) a pirate leading a double life.
(d) a baronet from a good family.

4. What do Moll and Mrs. B work out?
(a) a budget for Moll's expenses.
(b) a way to transport Moll to Ireland.
(c) a plan to find Moll's husband.
(d) a job for Moll to pay her expenses.

5. Who does Moll meet to help her with her money?
(a) a merchant.
(b) a doctor.
(c) a solicitor.
(d) a banker.

6. What happens to save Moll?
(a) she is sentenced to being transported instead of death.
(b) she agrees to go to France and never return to England.
(c) she manages a great escape from Newgate.
(d) she buys her way out of prison.

7. What does Moll confess to the banker?
(a) that she fell in love with him at the bank.
(b) that she had no romantic ideas about him.
(c) that she had thought he was single.
(d) that she trusted him but that was all.

8. What is the governess turned pawnbroker actually doing?
(a) fencing stolen goods.
(b) heading up a theft ring.
(c) robbing from the rich to give to the poor.
(d) teaching women how to shoplift.

9. What does the banker say about himself and his wife?
(a) he is unhappy and she is living a high life.
(b) he is a cuckold and she is a whore.
(c) he is young and she is old.
(d) he is alone and she is in an asylum.

10. How does Mill say she came out of the charge of robbing the silversmith?
(a) with flying colors.
(b) with fear and trepidation.
(c) with her will to stop thieving.
(d) with shame and disgrace.

11. What reception does Moll get from the inmates at Newgate?
(a) they gloated over her capture.
(b) they all wanted to meet her.
(c) they ignored her.
(d) they sympathized with her.

12. What does Moll say is worse than being in want?
(a) being old.
(b) being helpless.
(c) being in prison.
(d) being friendless.

13. What happens to a woman caught with goods Moll had stolen?
(a) she is taken to Newgate.
(b) she has a heart attack and dies.
(c) she tells on Moll.
(d) she kicks a policeman.

14. What do Moll and her Lancashire husband discover about each other?
(a) they are both broke.
(b) they both have money.
(c) they no longer love each other.
(d) they know the same people.

15. What do they call Mrs. B in her house?
(a) nanny.
(b) madame.
(c) governess.
(d) nurse.

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes Moll to become audacious in her thievery?

2. What happens when Moll's husband learns she is poor?

3. Who does the landlady send for to assist Moll?

4. After her Bath lover deserts her, what does Moll have?

5. Why does Moll cease to fear witnesses against her?

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