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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 announcement at Peggotty's home is interrupted by David and Steerforth's arrival?
(a) Emily and Ham are engaged.
(b) Emily is pregnant.
(c) Peggotty is getting married.
(d) Emily is moving to Australia.

2. What does David try to do after finishing school?
(a) Have a child.
(b) Find a suitable career.
(c) Find a wife.
(d) Buy a house.

3. Who is the headmaster at David's new school while he stays with the Wickfields?
(a) Dr. Strong.
(b) Mr. Murdstone.
(c) Mr. Creakle.
(d) Uriah Heep.

4. What does Miss Betsey tell Mr. Murdstone in a letter?
(a) That she hates him.
(b) That he needs to come get David.
(c) That David is staying with her.
(d) That she wants to marry him.

5. Why does Littimer bring Miss Mowcher to Steerforth?
(a) To be Steerforth's friend.
(b) To gossip with Steerforth.
(c) To give Steerforth a hair treatment.
(d) To tell Steerforth gossip about David.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Miss Betsey decide to do about David?

2. What does Mr. Creakle threaten his students with in order to retain order?

3. What is Mr. Murdstone doing when David runs into him in the midst of making his legal rounds?

4. How does David do in school?

5. Who begins to court David's mother?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mrs. Steerforth react to learning her son has run away with Emily?

2. What happens when David arrives at Salem House?

3. How does Steerforth spend his time in Yarmouth in Chapter 22?

4. What methods do the Murdstones use to break the spirits of the other people in the house?

5. What news does David learn when he visits Yarmouth in Chapter 30?

6. Describe the friendship between David and Steerforth.

7. What happens immediately after David's mother's funeral?

8. While David visits Traddles, who arrives and what do they tell David?

9. Before David leaves Canterbury, what does Agnes tell him?

10. Describe the scene of David's birth.

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