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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does David resolve to do to escape his horrible life?
(a) Run away and find his aunt, Miss Betsey Trotwood.
(b) To become very educated and find a better job.
(c) To commit suicide.
(d) To flee to America.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Tommy Traddles studying for a career in?

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

3. Where does Miss Betsey decide to send David to school?

4. How does Mr. Creakle run the school?

5. What does David find when he returns home for the holidays?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mr. Wickfield influence David's life in Chapter 15?

2. How does Mrs. Steerforth feel about her son in Chapter 20?

3. Describe the interaction between Rosa Dartle and Steerforth in Chapter 29.

4. What news does David learn when he visits Yarmouth in Chapter 30?

5. What do you think about Miss Betsey's conversation with the Murdstones?

6. What happens when David visits Dora's friend's house in London?

7. What methods do the Murdstones use to break the spirits of the other people in the house?

8. What happens immediately after David's mother's funeral?

9. Why does David's mother die, and how/when does David find out?

10. How does Mrs. Steerforth react to learning her son has run away with Emily?

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