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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 David's family encourage him to do in Chapter 54?
(a) Have a child.
(b) Travel abroad.
(c) Find a new wife.
(d) Write a book.

2. Who does David first visit when he returns after his travels abroad?
(a) Mrs. Steerforth.
(b) Miss Betsey.
(c) Agnes.
(d) Traddles.

3. Who does Dr. Strong blame for his wife's affair?
(a) Uriah Heep.
(b) Mrs. Strong.
(c) Himself.
(d) Jack Maldon.

4. What does David ask Agnes to promise in Chapter 39?
(a) To marry Uriah Heep to help her father.
(b) To move to Australia to escape Uriah Heep.
(c) That she will not marry Uriah Heep out of duty to her father.
(d) To marry him if things do not work out with Dora.

5. What revives David in Chapter 58?
(a) Finding Dora's wedding ring.
(b) A glass of cold water.
(c) A letter from Agnes.
(d) Running into Traddles.

Short Answer Questions

1. When do the last two chapters of the novel take place in relation to the previous chapters?

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

3. How does David earn extra money in Chapter 43?

4. What does Uriah Heep tell Mr. Wickfield in Chapter 39?

5. Who has managed to sort out the Wickfield estate and recover most of Miss Betsey's fortune?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mr. Dick help Dr. and Mrs. Strong, and what is the result?

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

3. How does Dora's father react when he learns of the affair between David and Dora?

4. In Chapter 43, how does David prepare to marry Dora?

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

6. What happens when David confronts Agnes in Chapter 62?

7. Recount Mr. Micawber's charges against Uriah Heep.

8. What is the major problem that David discovers about his marriage to Dora in Chapter 44?

9. Who travels in Chapter 57, and where do they go?

10. What does Littimer tell David in Chapter 46?

(see the answer keys)

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