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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 makes a derogatory statement at the first club meeting in the book?

2. What is Mrs. Hunter's husband's name?

3. What does Pickwick write notes about while traveling to meet his friends before their trip?

4. Where is Isabella getting married?

5. What do the Pickwickians see in Muggleton?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Tupman shows up for the duel he was challeneged to?

2. Where does Pickwick meet Sam's father, and what do they learn from this encounter?

3. How does Pickwick get locked in a boarding school?

4. What does Pickwick dress up as for the breakfast, and why?

5. What do the Pickwickians see when at Chatham?

6. Who misleads Pickwick and Mr. Wardle when they go to rescue Rachael?

7. What does Bob Sawyer do that makes Winkle very jealous?

8. What happens when Peter Magnus learns that Pickwick and his fiance met the night before the proposal?

9. What are the initial results of the election?

10. What do Peter and his friends talk about when Pickwick finds them in a tavern?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There are many different symbols present in this book. What are these symbols, and how does their presence alter the course of the plot?

Essay Topic 2

Rachael is a minor character whose presence made a big difference in the plot. How does she accomplish this? What are some ways that her presence, however brief, alters the plot? What would have happened differently if she had not been in the book at all

Essay Topic 3

Which character do you relate to the most in this book? Why is this? How does this character change throughout the book?

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