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

2. What announcement at Peggotty's home is interrupted by David and Steerforth's arrival?
(a) Emily is pregnant.
(b) Peggotty is getting married.
(c) Emily is moving to Australia.
(d) Emily and Ham are engaged.

3. How does Mr. Creakle run the school?
(a) Kindly with all of his students loving him.
(b) Mr. Creakle does not run the school.
(c) With his wife's help.
(d) By inspiring fear in his students.

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

5. What does Dora's friend inform David of?
(a) That Dora is getting married to Steerforth.
(b) That Dora is going to become a nun.
(c) That David has no chance with Dora so he should just leave her alone.
(d) That Dora is going to visit her in London and he is welcome to visit as well.

Short Answer Questions

1. What about David's birth offends his great aunt, Miss Betsey Trotwood?

2. Who is Miss Betsey's lawyer?

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

4. When Miss Mowcher arrives at the Peggotty house, what does she explain that she first suspected?

5. How does David do in school?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How do the other characters feel about Mr. Murdstone?

3. What happens when David is having tea with the Heeps?

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

5. Describe the state of Tommy Traddles' affairs in Chapter 27.

6. Describe the scene of David's birth.

7. What happens when David arrives at Salem House?

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

9. Describe the two women that David tells Agnes about having crushes on in Chapter 18.

10. What does Miss Betsey suggest David pursue as a career, and why?

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