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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does David feel about Dora?
(a) He thinks she is ugly.
(b) He is scared of her.
(c) He falls in love with her at first sight.
(d) He thinks she is beautiful but stupid.

3. Who does Miss Betsey allow to live with her to avoid being taken to a mental institution?
(a) Dora.
(b) Mr. Dick.
(c) Mr. Creakle.
(d) Mr. Wickfield.

4. Who interrupts David's dinner party with the Micawbers and Traddles?
(a) Littimer.
(b) Miss Betsey.
(c) Steerforth.
(d) Mr. Dick.

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

6. Who does David have a crush on in Yarmouth?
(a) Dora.
(b) Peggotty.
(c) Agnes.
(d) Emily.

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

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

9. Why does David sell most of his clothes on his journey?
(a) To buy food.
(b) To buy a gift for his aunt.
(c) To buy new ones.
(d) So no one will recognize him.

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

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

12. Who helps execute Barkis' will?
(a) Peggotty.
(b) Traddles.
(c) Mr. Wickfield.
(d) David.

13. How does David do in school?
(a) David does well in school.
(b) David does poorly in school.
(c) David is expelled from school.
(d) David drops out of school.

14. What happens while David is in Yarmouth with Peggotty?
(a) His mother has a baby.
(b) His aunt dies.
(c) His mother marries Mr. Murdstone.
(d) He gets sick.

15. What does David learn about Emily shortly after arriving in Yarmouth?
(a) She is pregnant.
(b) She has been apprenticed to the tailor shop as a dressmaker.
(c) She has died.
(d) She is engaged.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Steerforth insult so badly that this person resigns his post immediately?

2. Whose birthday party is David invited to?

3. What kind of stepfather is Mr. Murdstone?

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

5. How does Mr. Spenlow celebrate David's official apprenticeship?

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