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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. Who is going to become Agnes' father's business partner?
(a) Miss Betsey.
(b) Uriah Heep.
(c) Mr. Murdstone.
(d) Mr.Wickfield.

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

3. What does David find when he returns home for the holidays?
(a) His mother is dead.
(b) His mother has given birth to another son.
(c) Miss Betsey will adopt him.
(d) Mr. Murdstone is gone.

4. How does Agnes react to seeing David drunk?
(a) She cries herself to sleep.
(b) She tells him that she loves him.
(c) She slaps him and refuses to speak to him.
(d) She is angry and convinces him to go home.

5. How long after his father's death is David born?
(a) Six months.
(b) One day.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) Four months.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does David resolve to do to escape his horrible life?

2. Why is Emily being let out of her apprenticeship?

3. When is Peggotty fired?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. While David visits Traddles, who arrives and what do they tell David?

2. What happens during and after David's dinner party in Chapter 24?

3. How does David feel about Dora, and what does he worry about?

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

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

6. Describe the conversation between David and Agnes in Chapter 25.

7. What happens when David arrives at Salem House?

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

9. Why is David anxious about returning to school?

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

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