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

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

3. When the Murdstones arrive at Miss Betsey's house and express their intentions to treat David as they wish, what does Miss Betsey tell them?
(a) Miss Betsey tells the Murdstones that they will not ruin David as they ruined his mother.
(b) Miss Betsey tells the Murdstones that she will kill them if they do not leave immediately.
(c) Miss Betsey tells the Murdstones to take David away immediately.
(d) Miss Betsey tells the Murdstones that they should beat David for running away.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Agnes react to seeing David drunk?

3. Why does David make legal rounds in Chapter 33?

4. What kind of stepfather is Mr. Murdstone?

5. When Miss Betsey visits David in Chapter 34, what does she tell him?

Short Essay Questions

1. Before David leaves Canterbury, what does Agnes tell him?

2. Describe David's job at Murdstones and Grindy.

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

4. How does Littimer make David feel?

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

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

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

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

9. How does Steerforth spend his time in Yarmouth in Chapter 22?

10. What happens when David finally arrives at Miss Betsey's house?

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