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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 Dora stop communicating with David in Chapter 38?
(a) She is grief stricken over her father's death.
(b) She marries someone else.
(c) She does not want to hurt her father.
(d) She does not stop communicating with David.

2. How does David feel about his relationship with Dora?
(a) He has no relationship with Dora.
(b) Disappointed.
(c) Angry.
(d) Happy.

3. Why does Dora faint?
(a) David asks her about budgeting and cooking.
(b) David tells her that he is going to marry someone else.
(c) Mr. Spenlow catches David and Dora together.
(d) She is sick.

4. Who tells David about what is going on with Steerforth and Emily in Chapter 46?
(a) Littimer.
(b) Steerforth.
(c) Rosa Dartle.
(d) Emily.

5. What does David learn about Mr. Murdstone in Chapter 59?
(a) That he wants to apologize to David for his past cruelty.
(b) That he has died.
(c) That he has succeeded in crushing his second wife's spirit.
(d) That he has many children.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Miss Betsey hint to David in Chapter 60?

2. What is taken to Mrs. Steerforth in Chapter 56?

3. What does David's family encourage him to do in Chapter 54?

4. What does David realize in Chapter 44?

5. In Chapter 64, the narrator reveals that all of the characters are happy except which one?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Miss Betsey tell David about the strange man in Chapter 47?

2. When David visits Agnes in Chapter 39, why does Mrs. Heep follow them around?

3. In Chapter 36, who finds work, and what work do they find?

4. What happens when David tries to improve Dora's thinking?

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

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

7. After learning of his newly impoverished state, what does David decide to do, and what happens as a result?

8. How does Dora react when David tells her of his poverty?

9. How does David manage to meet with Dora in Chapter 41?

10. In Chapter 42, what is revealed about Jack Maldon, and how does Dr. Strong react?

(see the answer keys)

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