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

2. What does Peggotty object to?
(a) Mr. Murdstone courting David's mother.
(b) Working late.
(c) Miss Betsey moving in.
(d) David going to school.

3. Who does David have tea with?
(a) Uriah Heep and Heep's mother.
(b) Steerforth.
(c) Agnes.
(d) Mr. Wickfield.

4. Where does David live when he goes to London to work?
(a) With Steerforth.
(b) In a spare room belonging to the Micawber family.
(c) With the Wickfields.
(d) In a hotel.

5. Who is the headmaster at David's new school while he stays with the Wickfields?
(a) Mr. Creakle.
(b) Uriah Heep.
(c) Dr. Strong.
(d) Mr. Murdstone.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Mr. Dick visits David at school, what does he tell David has frightened Miss Betsey?

3. Who meets David and Steerforth in London?

4. What does Mrs. Steerforth state when David, Peggotty, and Mr. Peggotty visit her?

5. Where does Mr. Murdstone arrange for David to work?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Littimer make David feel?

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

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

5. Describe the scene of David's birth.

6. What does Ham tell David about Emily in Chapter 31?

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

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

9. What happens when David arrives at Salem House?

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

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