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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. Who gets fired by the end of Chapter 23 over the missing money?

2. What does Dick talk to Mark about in Chapter 15?

3. Who revives Mark?

4. Who does Mark wonder about in fear in Chapter 9?

5. Who is jealous of Richard Hunter for his job in Chapter 17?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Dick do for Mark in Chapter 14?

2. When Mark faints, what happens to him in Chapter 13?

3. How does Ralph connive Roswell into getting him five dollars in Chapter 20?

4. Describe Mark's experience sleeping on the ferry.

5. Describe Mark's Sunday school experience in Chapter 19.

6. How does Roswell implicate Mark with his crime in Chapter 23?

7. What makes Mark uncomfortable around Roswell in Chapter 16?

8. Describe how Mark feels about begging.

9. How does Dick try to help Henry in Chapter 1 of Mark the Match Boy?

10. How does Bates make amends to Henry in Chapter 3 of Mark the Match Boy?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Alger employs simple, yet bold, and effective language with some powerful symbolism. Choose an example of symbolism. Briefly describe it, and identify the technique which it embodies.

Essay Topic 2

Explain the significance of the novel's title. What did the author mean by calling the book Ragged Dick and Mark the Match Boy? Cite an example to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Mark and Dick are two of the most active characters.

Part 1) What is their relationship? How do they co-exist, and how do they interact? What is similar about them and what is different?

Part 2) What are some events that Mark had a direct influence upon? What are some events that Dick had a direct influence upon?

Part 3) Which character offers support to the group? Which one is stronger and why?

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