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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the doctor arrives, what does he bring news about?
(a) Peggotty giving birth to a new baby.
(b) Miss Betsey's death.
(c) Mr. Barkis' failing health.
(d) Emily's pregnancy.

2. What does Miss Betsey suggest that David become?
(a) A doctor.
(b) A proctor.
(c) A librarian.
(d) A teacher.

3. Whose birthday party is David invited to?
(a) Mr. Murdstone's.
(b) Agnes'.
(c) Dora's.
(d) Peggotty's.

4. In Chapter 13, where does David head toward?
(a) Dover.
(b) Yarmouth.
(c) Canterbury.
(d) London.

5. Who comes to stay with David's family?
(a) Steerforth, David's friend.
(b) Miss Betsey, David's great aunt.
(c) Miss Murdstone, Mr. Murdstone's sister.
(d) Mr. Creakle, the headmaster from Salem House.

6. What about David's birth offends his great aunt, Miss Betsey Trotwood?
(a) The fact that he is ugly.
(b) His mother asks Miss Betsey to leave.
(c) David cries when Miss Betsey holds him.
(d) The fact that he is not a girl.

7. When Miss Betsey visits David in Chapter 34, what does she tell him?
(a) That she never wants to see him again.
(b) That she has lost her fortune through bad investments.
(c) That her husband has shown up.
(d) That she is having a baby.

8. Where does Steerforth stay while in Yarmouth?
(a) With Peggotty's family.
(b) The Rookery.
(c) On the street.
(d) An inn.

9. When is Peggotty fired?
(a) After Mr. Murdstone marries David's mother.
(b) After David's mother's funeral.
(c) Never.
(d) After David's mother has another son.

10. What does Dora's friend inform David of?
(a) That Dora is going to become a nun.
(b) That David has no chance with Dora so he should just leave her alone.
(c) That Dora is going to visit her in London and he is welcome to visit as well.
(d) That Dora is getting married to Steerforth.

11. Who is Tommy Traddles boarding with?
(a) Steerforth.
(b) The Peggotty family.
(c) The Micawber family.
(d) David.

12. How does Mr. Spenlow celebrate David's official apprenticeship?
(a) By inviting him to spend the weekend at his house and introducing David to his daughter, Dora.
(b) By offering to let him marry Mr. Spenlow's daughter.
(c) By giving him money.
(d) By sending him to prison.

13. Why does Mrs. Micawber suggest her husband take out an advertisement?
(a) To find their missing daughter.
(b) To advertise his skill and ask for employment.
(c) To find a house.
(d) To complain about Uriah Heep.

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

15. Who is Miss Betsey's lawyer?
(a) Mr. Heep.
(b) Mr. Wickfield.
(c) Mr. Creakle.
(d) Mr. Murdstone.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is David's mother's health affected by her marriage?

2. Who is going to become Agnes' father's business partner?

3. Who meets David and Steerforth in London?

4. What idea does David express as he leaves Steerforth's house in Chapter 29?

5. How does Agnes react to seeing David drunk?

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