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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Dick's salary in Chapter 27?

2. What does Frank buy Dick at a clothing store?

3. What is Dick offered in Chapter 27?

4. What is the scam that Dick explains to Frank in Chapter 7?

5. What is missing from Dick's drawer in Chapter 21?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Frank attempt to help Dick improve his social status and quality of life in Chapters 5-8?

2. Describe Dick and Mickey Maguire's confrontation in Chapter 17 and 18.

3. How does Dick help Fosdick and receive help in return?

4. How does Dick get the money back from the swindler on the ferry in Chapter 11?

5. What kind of work does Henry get? Describe his work experience in Chapters 19 and 20?

6. How do the boot blacks react to Dick's new clothes in Chapters 14 and 15?

7. How is Dick alert to business opportunities?

8. How does Dick reveal his honesty to Mr. Greyson in Chapter 15?

9. Describe the change that Dick undergoes in Chapter 12.

10. Why do Dick and Henry want a new place of residence?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Romance takes on an aggressive quality in Ragged Dick and Mark the Match Boy. Who are the two characters pursuing Lizzie Hexam? Whom does she like and whom does she avoid and why? What do her suitors have in common, and where are they different? Discuss.

Essay Topic 2

Morality in society is a prevailing theme of Ragged Dick and Mark the Match Boy. Alger frequently refers to this theme, painting the picture of morality being rewarded by success. Which characters appear honest, and which appear corrupt? Explain. Which characters appear to rise above corruption even if they were initially vulnerable to it? What is your opinion of the society that Alger describes? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

Explain the concept of loneliness as it exhibits in Ragged Dick and Mark the Match Boy. Which of the characters are lonely? Are they all lonely in some way? Explain the loneliness and the methods and attempts to overcome it.

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