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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) The rent.
(b) He baseball card collection.
(c) His blackmail money.
(d) Arthur's things; he wants to bring them to him in jail.

2. How does Miss Wade pay her bills?
(a) She has the patent for a new sewing machine.
(b) She doesn't; she is horribly in debt.
(c) Her father is involved in illegal activities.
(d) She lives off of a trust fund.

3. Who does Edward mention during breakfast with the Dorrits that he spent an evening with in Venice?
(a) Little Dorrit.
(b) Arthur.
(c) Sparkler.
(d) Blandois.

4. What "secret" does Chivery tell Arthur while he is in debtors' prison?
(a) That Little Dorrit has been in love with him for years.
(b) That there is a key hidden under the mattress that everyone uses.
(c) That everyone thinks he is in there on fake charges.
(d) That Arthur is actually the heir to the Scottish throne; he is really King Arthur.

5. What do the Meagles request of Arthur while they are away visiting their daughter?
(a) That he watch over their house.
(b) That he not write or talk to them anymore.
(c) That he live in their house and spy on their neighbors.
(d) That he accompany them.

6. What does Dorrit ask for while at dinner with the Merdles?
(a) Kisses from all the girls.
(b) More wine, even though he clearly doesn't need it.
(c) More food.
(d) Money.

7. Where is the Dorrit family vacationing when Book 2 opens?
(a) Switzerland.
(b) Germany.
(c) The Alps of Italy.
(d) Paris.

8. How do Fanny and Mrs. Merdle react to each other when they see each other abroad?
(a) They spit on each other.
(b) They get into an instant fight.
(c) They decide the past is best forgotten.
(d) They pretend to be best friends.

9. Where does Cavalletto claim to have seen Blandois recently?
(a) In Arthur's mother's apartment.
(b) In Miss Wade's apartment.
(c) In London.
(d) At the courthouse.

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

11. Who does Minnie bring to Henry's studio?
(a) Blandois.
(b) Amy and Arthur.
(c) Mrs. General.
(d) Fanny and Amy.

12. What item does John Chivery bring to Dorrit after his farewell dinner?
(a) Alcohol.
(b) A new phone.
(c) An old book.
(d) Cigars.

13. What does Henry make Lion do when he misbehaves?
(a) Go out onto the street to be adopted by someone else.
(b) Leave the room.
(c) Go back to the pound.
(d) Go back to the house.

14. Who does Arthur think of while he sits in debtors' prison?
(a) No one; he feels completely alone.
(b) Chivery.
(c) His mother.
(d) Little Dorrit.

15. What big job does Sparkler get at the Circumlocution office?
(a) The Chief Executive Officer.
(b) A door opener, which is a job of much honor.
(c) None; he is actually fired.
(d) One of the lords.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Dorrit behaving when he returns to see Amy after being in London?

2. Whose approval of Fanny and Sparkler's marriage does Mr. Dorrit seek?

3. What is Merdle rumored to become shortly before his death?

4. Who do Frederick and Amy bump into in an art gallery?

5. What kind of marriage did Mrs. Clennam have with her husband before he died?

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