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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Mr. Murdstone arrange for David to work?
(a) Debtor's Prison.
(b) Mr. Wickfield's law office.
(c) A counting house in London.
(d) A post office.

2. Who does Miss Betsey suggest that David visit after he finishes school?
(a) Agnes.
(b) Peggotty.
(c) Mr. Murdstone.
(d) Dora.

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

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

5. What does Emily's uncle, Mr. Peggotty, decide to do when Emily runs away?
(a) Move to Australia.
(b) Get married.
(c) Go to London with David to try to find Emily.
(d) Forget about Emily.

6. Why does Littimer bring Miss Mowcher to Steerforth?
(a) To gossip with Steerforth.
(b) To be Steerforth's friend.
(c) To give Steerforth a hair treatment.
(d) To tell Steerforth gossip about David.

7. Where has Steerforth come from when he arrives after David's dinner party with the Micawbers and Traddles?
(a) Canterbury.
(b) London.
(c) Dover.
(d) Yarmouth.

8. Who does Steerforth insult so badly that this person resigns his post immediately?
(a) Mr. Mell.
(b) Mr. Creakle.
(c) David.
(d) Traddles.

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

10. Two days later, how does David feel about his behavior to Agnes while he was drunk?
(a) He laughs about it.
(b) He is embarrassed and seeks forgiveness.
(c) He does not care.
(d) He never gets drunk.

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

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

13. Who does Agnes say is a bad influence on David?
(a) Traddles.
(b) Mr. Wickfield.
(c) Mr. Murdstone.
(d) Steerforth.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Miss Betsey tell Mr. Murdstone in a letter?

2. Why do the Micawbers have to leave Plymouth?

3. What is the name of the carriage driver who wants to marry Peggotty?

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

5. What happens when Miss Betsey privately speaks with a man on the street who obviously disturbs her?

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