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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. What is Alfred's last name?

2. Why does Sam take two days leave from Pickwick's service?

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

4. What sickness does Pickwick come down with after the incident at the boarding school?

5. What is observed in the paper about Hampstead Pond?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Sam do for Mr. Pickwick when he moves out of Mrs. Bardell's house?

3. How does Tupman get a reputation as a marksman?

4. What causes Pickwick and Wardle to continue their journey to rescue Rachael on foot?

5. What does Mrs. Pott do when the Pickwickians come to her home?

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

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

8. Who do Snodgrass and Tupman find attractive while in Chatham?

9. What happens when the cook hears of Job's intentions with her?

10. What causes Mr. Wardle to not like the match between Tupman and Rachael?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Arabella has an important choice to make after hearing about Winkle's feelings for her. What is this choice, how does she make her decision, and how does this decision affect Winkle's future?

Essay Topic 2

This book takes place in a few different settings. Describe some of these settings and how they affected the plot. Why might Dickens have chosen these particular places for this plot to take place?

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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