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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 does Emily's uncle, Mr. Peggotty, decide to do when Emily runs away?
(a) Go to London with David to try to find Emily.
(b) Forget about Emily.
(c) Move to Australia.
(d) Get married.

2. What does David often do while staying in Yarmouth?
(a) Get drunk.
(b) Cry.
(c) Visit his old home, The Rookery.
(d) Visit Peggotty.

3. Why is the suspicious person at Steerforth's house unable to obtain information from David?
(a) He does provide information.
(b) He is stubborn.
(c) He has none to offer.
(d) He does not want to tell her.

4. What happens when Miss Betsey privately speaks with a man on the street who obviously disturbs her?
(a) She does not talk to a man on the street who obviously disturbs her.
(b) She returns agitated, with most of the money in her purse gone.
(c) She slaps the man.
(d) She cries to David about it.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does David live when he goes to London to work?

2. Why does David go to Yarmouth?

3. Why does Steerforth want to accompany David to Yarmouth?

4. Who does David serve as apprentice under by Miss Betsey's arrangement?

5. In Chapter 13, where does David head toward?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does David's mother die, and how/when does David find out?

2. How does Mr. Wickfield influence David's life in Chapter 15?

3. What happens when David is having tea with the Heeps?

4. How does Mrs. Steerforth feel about her son in Chapter 20?

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

6. What do you think about Miss Betsey's conversation with the Murdstones?

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

8. Describe the two women that David tells Agnes about having crushes on in Chapter 18.

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

10. How does David feel about Dora, and what does he worry about?

(see the answer keys)

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