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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rigaud go to the Clennam house to collect while Arthur is in debtors' prison?
(a) He baseball card collection.
(b) The rent.
(c) His blackmail money.
(d) Arthur's things; he wants to bring them to him in jail.

2. What event of Mrs. Merdle's does Amy inform her father they have been invited to once he returns home?
(a) Mrs. Merdle's graduation ceremony.
(b) Mrs. Merdle's wedding.
(c) Mrs. Merdle's renewal of her vows with her husband.
(d) Mrs. Merdle's farewell dinner.

3. Which character does Minnie dislike in Venice?
(a) Amy.
(b) Arthur.
(c) All of these answers are correct.
(d) Blandois.

4. What secret has Mrs. Clennam been hiding from Arthur for many years?
(a) That she is not his birth mother.
(b) That she is outrageously wealthy but doesn't want to give him a dime.
(c) That she is really his sister.
(d) That she is illiterate.

5. Where are the Meagles going to go see their daughter?
(a) In Italy.
(b) In England.
(c) In Paris.
(d) In France.

6. Where does Mr. Dorrit return to after Fanny's marriage.
(a) A secret hideaway place in London.
(b) His new fancy hotel in London.
(c) The debtors' prison in London.
(d) His home in London.

7. What is Merdle rumored to become shortly before his death?
(a) Mayor.
(b) Broke.
(c) A baron.
(d) President.

8. In Chapter XIX, why is Dorrit not greeted by Amy when he arrives home?
(a) He is surprising her on purpose.
(b) He wasn't expected until the next day.
(c) She is mad at him.
(d) She has fallen and broken her ankle quite badly.

9. What does Mrs. Clennam do with the money she receives upon her husband's death?
(a) Keep it all.
(b) Give some to her husband's secret lover.
(c) Give some to charity.
(d) Burn it.

10. Who filed the original complaint about Mr. Blandois going missing?
(a) Mrs. Blandois.
(b) Mrs. Maggy.
(c) Mrs. Clennam.
(d) Mrs. Merdle.

11. How does Arthur's mom respond to Arthur's information about who Blandois really is?
(a) She laughs because she already knew.
(b) She does not believe him.
(c) She gets furious and throws him out of the house.
(d) She faints with shock.

12. How do people react to Dorrit's behavior at the Merdles' dinner?
(a) They find it quite funny, actually.
(b) They get so angry that they throw him out on the street.
(c) They are shocked.
(d) They just ignore it.

13. Why does Amy tell Franny she should not get married?
(a) Because she is not in love.
(b) Because she is too young.
(c) Because she is only being courted for her money.
(d) Because marriage is hard on a woman.

14. Who does Fanny hint to Amy is courting her?
(a) Sparkler.
(b) Henry.
(c) Arthur.
(d) Franklin.

15. Where does Arthur go to try to obtain a license for Daniel's invention?
(a) A lawyer.
(b) His senator, since nothing else is working.
(c) The Circumlocution Office.
(d) The mayor.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Fanny and Mrs. Merdle react to each other when they see each other abroad?

2. Who is Lion?

3. Who do the Meagles' servants think they see at the gate one evening?

4. Who tells Arthur that Minnie has a son?

5. What does Henry make Lion do when he misbehaves?

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