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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who visits David at his new lodgings after he obtains his apprenticeship?
(a) Steerforth.
(b) Dora.
(c) Traddles.
(d) Agnes.

2. What is Mr. Murdstone doing when David runs into him in the midst of making his legal rounds?
(a) Searching for his sister.
(b) Drinking heavily.
(c) Applying for a marriage license.
(d) Crying over the way he treated David's mother.

3. How is David's mother's health affected by her marriage?
(a) She gets diabetes.
(b) She falls into bad health and seems unlikely to recover.
(c) It is not.
(d) She has a heart attack.

4. Who is suspicious about Steerforth at Steerforth's house?
(a) Littimer.
(b) Rosa Dartle.
(c) Mrs. Steerforth.
(d) David.

5. What does David try to do after finishing school?
(a) Buy a house.
(b) Have a child.
(c) Find a wife.
(d) Find a suitable career.

6. Who does Tommy Traddles plan to marry?
(a) Sophie, the daughter of a country minister.
(b) Peggotty.
(c) Dora, Mr. Spenlow's daughter.
(d) Agnes, Mr. Wickfield's daughter.

7. What does Mrs. Steerforth state when David, Peggotty, and Mr. Peggotty visit her?
(a) 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.
(b) She blames David.
(c) She disowns her son for his licentious behavior.
(d) She hopes they find Emily.

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

9. Who is going to become Agnes' father's business partner?
(a) Mr.Wickfield.
(b) Uriah Heep.
(c) Mr. Murdstone.
(d) Miss Betsey.

10. What does Mr. Creakle threaten his students with in order to retain order?
(a) Not feeding them.
(b) Calling their parents.
(c) Violence.
(d) Expulsion.

11. What is Tommy Traddles studying for a career in?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Medicine.
(c) Law.
(d) Sales.

12. What is the name of Steerforth's butler?
(a) Mr. Creakle.
(b) Traddles.
(c) Littimer.
(d) Dartle.

13. Who does David serve as apprentice under by Miss Betsey's arrangement?
(a) Mr. Wickfield.
(b) Mr. Spenlow.
(c) Mr. Murdstone.
(d) Mr. Spencer.

14. How does Agnes react to seeing David drunk?
(a) She slaps him and refuses to speak to him.
(b) She cries herself to sleep.
(c) She tells him that she loves him.
(d) She is angry and convinces him to go home.

15. What does David often do while staying in Yarmouth?
(a) Cry.
(b) Get drunk.
(c) Visit Peggotty.
(d) Visit his old home, The Rookery.

Short Answer Questions

1. Two days later, how does David feel about his behavior to Agnes while he was drunk?

2. When Ham arrives at the Peggotty home without Emily, what does he secretly tell David?

3. What does David learn about Emily shortly after arriving in Yarmouth?

4. When Miss Betsey visits David in Chapter 34, what does she tell him?

5. Who comes to stay with David's family?

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