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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of stepfather is Mr. Murdstone?
(a) Generous.
(b) Strict.
(c) Loving.
(d) Kind.

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

3. Where does Miss Betsey decide to send David to school?
(a) London.
(b) Yarmouth.
(c) Salem House.
(d) Canterbury.

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

5. Why does David find the London school closed?
(a) It caught on fire.
(b) It is summer.
(c) It has been condemned.
(d) Holiday period.

6. How do David and Steerforth help each other?
(a) They do not help each other.
(b) By sneaking out at night.
(c) David tells Steerforth stories nightly, and Steerforth helps David with difficult assignments.
(d) David helps Steerforth in school, and Steerforth helps David find dates.

7. Who does Ham see talking with Emily in town before she runs away?
(a) Traddles and Sophie.
(b) Steerforth and Littimer.
(c) Mrs. Steerforth and Rosa Dartle.
(d) Miss Betsey and Mr. Dick.

8. What does David learn on his birthday?
(a) That his baby brother has died.
(b) That his father is still alive.
(c) That he is being expelled from Salem House.
(d) That his mother has died.

9. Why does David go to Yarmouth?
(a) To go to school.
(b) To find a wife.
(c) To visit his aunt.
(d) To visit Peggotty's family.

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

11. 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 she is having a baby.
(d) That her husband has shown up.

12. Why do the Micawbers have to leave Plymouth?
(a) Because Mrs. Micawber's family is unable to provide financial assistance.
(b) They do not leave Plymouth.
(c) Because they get kicked out of their house.
(d) Because they cannot stop fighting with each other.

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

14. 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 ghost.
(d) A glass broke.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Agnes confess to being worried about before David leaves Canterbury?

2. How does David feel in his new lodgings with the Wickfields?

3. When the doctor arrives, what does he bring news about?

4. Why does Steerforth want to accompany David to Yarmouth?

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

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