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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 worries Agnes in Chapter 35?
(a) David's drunken behavior.
(b) Uriah Heep's influence over her father.
(c) David's love for Dora.
(d) Her pending wedding to Uriah Heep.

2. Who does Mr. Micawber present evidence against in Chapter 52?
(a) Mr. Wickfield.
(b) Uriah Heep.
(c) David.
(d) Mr. Dick.

3. What delays David from delivering a letter to Emily from Ham?
(a) An illness.
(b) A broken down horse.
(c) A terrible sea storm.
(d) A robbery.

4. How long does David wander aimlessly through Europe before returning home?
(a) Several years.
(b) Five months.
(c) Two days.
(d) Twenty-seven years.

5. What does Agnes reveal to David about her deathbed conversation with Dora?
(a) Dora asked Agnes to marry David.
(b) Dora told Agnes that she is her best friend.
(c) Dora forbade Agnes to ever speak to David again.
(d) Dora confessed that she did not love David.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Miss Betsey loses her fortune, what does Agnes suggest David do for work?

2. Who hits Uriah Heep?

3. How does Dora react when she learns of the change in David's financial circumstances?

4. Who does David first visit when he returns after his travels abroad?

5. Who does Mr. Micawber blame for many of his troubles in Chapter 49?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when David tries to improve Dora's thinking?

2. What does Miss Betsey tell David about the strange man in Chapter 47?

3. How does Mr. Peggotty's visit in Chapter 63 tie up the loose ends of the novel?

4. What does David do when he returns home in Chapter 40?

5. What happens when David sees Ham in Chapter 55?

6. After learning of his newly impoverished state, what does David decide to do, and what happens as a result?

7. Why does Dora say it's better for her to die now?

8. How does Rosa Dartle react to Steerforth's death?

9. How does the action in Chapter 64 sum up the lives of all the characters in "David Copperfield"?

10. Why does Mr. Creakle write to David in Chapter 61?

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