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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What boarding school does David attend in London?
(a) Oxford.
(b) Salem House.
(c) Mr. Creakle's Boarding School for Boys.
(d) Canterbury Inn.

2. How does Mrs. Steerforth feel about her son?
(a) She hates him.
(b) She thinks he is spoiled.
(c) She thinks he is smart but misbehaves.
(d) She believes that everything he does is wonderful.

3. When Miss Mowcher arrives at the Peggotty house, what does she explain that she first suspected?
(a) That Emily was pregnant.
(b) That Steerforth wanted to marry Emily.
(c) That Littimer planned to kidnap Emily.
(d) That David was courting Emily.

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

5. 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 disowns her son for his licentious behavior.
(c) She blames David.
(d) She hopes they find Emily.

6. What does Agnes confess to being worried about before David leaves Canterbury?
(a) Her hair is falling out.
(b) Her dog and her cat.
(c) Her job and her boyfriend.
(d) Her father's drinking problem and Uriah Heep's influence.

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

8. Whose presence disturbs David while he stays at the Wickfields' house?
(a) Uriah Heep, the clerk.
(b) Dora.
(c) Mr. Wickfield.
(d) Mrs. Wickfield.

9. What is the name of the carriage driver who wants to marry Peggotty?
(a) Mr. Creakle.
(b) Mr. Micawber.
(c) Mr. Murdstone.
(d) Mr. Barkis.

10. Who does David discuss his romantic problems with?
(a) Mr. Dick.
(b) Agnes.
(c) Miss Betsey.
(d) Dora.

11. Who does David run into when he and Agnes attend a dinner party?
(a) Tommy Traddles.
(b) Uriah Heep.
(c) Dora.
(d) Steerforth.

12. What student is first to return when the London school reopens after the holiday?
(a) Mell.
(b) Steerforth.
(c) Tommy Traddles.
(d) Creakle.

13. What does Peggotty object to?
(a) Working late.
(b) Mr. Murdstone courting David's mother.
(c) Miss Betsey moving in.
(d) David going to school.

14. What does David find when he returns home for the holidays?
(a) His mother is dead.
(b) His mother has given birth to another son.
(c) Miss Betsey will adopt him.
(d) Mr. Murdstone is gone.

15. When Mr. Dick visits David at school, what does he tell David has frightened Miss Betsey?
(a) She thinks she is pregnant.
(b) The appearance of a strange man.
(c) A glass broke.
(d) A ghost.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who interrupts David's dinner party with the Micawbers and Traddles?

2. How does David feel about Dora?

3. Who does Miss Betsey allow to live with her to avoid being taken to a mental institution?

4. What announcement at Peggotty's home is interrupted by David and Steerforth's arrival?

5. Where does David live when he goes to London to work?

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