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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. Why does Mrs. Micawber suggest her husband take out an advertisement?
(a) To advertise his skill and ask for employment.
(b) To complain about Uriah Heep.
(c) To find their missing daughter.
(d) To find a house.

2. How long after his father's death is David born?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) One day.
(c) Six months.
(d) Four months.

3. Where is Jack Maldon going away to work?
(a) Yarmouth.
(b) Australia.
(c) India.
(d) America.

4. Who does David have tea with?
(a) Uriah Heep and Heep's mother.
(b) Mr. Wickfield.
(c) Steerforth.
(d) Agnes.

5. What does Mrs. Steerforth state when David, Peggotty, and Mr. Peggotty visit her?
(a) She disowns her son for his licentious behavior.
(b) She hopes they find Emily.
(c) She blames David.
(d) She has no pity for Mr. Peggotty; her son will never marry Emily, and she will never speak to Steerforth again until he renounces Emily.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does David serve as apprentice under by Miss Betsey's arrangement?

2. What does Miss Betsey tell Mr. Murdstone in a letter?

3. What does Miss Betsey suggest that David become?

4. Who does Miss Betsey allow to live with her to avoid being taken to a mental institution?

5. How does David do in school?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the conversation between David and Agnes in Chapter 25.

2. What does Ham tell David about Emily in Chapter 31?

3. Before David leaves Canterbury, what does Agnes tell him?

4. Why is David anxious about returning to school?

5. Describe the two women that David tells Agnes about having crushes on in Chapter 18.

6. What happens when David is having tea with the Heeps?

7. Describe the scene of David's birth.

8. How does David feel about Dora, and what does he worry about?

9. How does Mrs. Steerforth react to learning her son has run away with Emily?

10. How does Steerforth spend his time in Yarmouth in Chapter 22?

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