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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 happens when David takes Agnes to meet Dora?
(a) The two women strike up a strong friendship.
(b) David realizes that he loves Agnes, not Dora.
(c) The two women hate each other.
(d) David decides that he cannot be friends with Agnes anymore.

2. What is David unable to share with Dora?
(a) His family and friends.
(b) His thoughts and feelings.
(c) His money.
(d) His love.

3. What does David refrain from telling the Micawbers, Mr. Peggotty, and Emily about in Chapter 57?
(a) That he wishes they would stay.
(b) Ham and Steerforth's deaths.
(c) How much he misses Dora.
(d) His love for Agnes.

4. Who are the most penitent prisoners at Mr. Creakle's experimental prison?
(a) Uriah Heep and Littimer.
(b) Mr. Micawber and Mr. Peggotty.
(c) Emily and Dora.
(d) Steerforth and Ham.

5. When do the last two chapters of the novel take place in relation to the previous chapters?
(a) Five months.
(b) Ten years later.
(c) Two days.
(d) Four weeks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Strong say that worries David in Chapter 45?

2. What happens after David and Agnes discuss their feelings for one another?

3. How does Dora react when she learns of the change in David's financial circumstances?

4. What does Miss Betsey explain to David in Chapter 47?

5. How does Emily learn of Ham's death?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the action in Chapter 64 sum up the lives of all the characters in "David Copperfield"?

2. What does Miss Betsey tell David about the strange man in Chapter 47?

3. How does Mr. Dick help Dr. and Mrs. Strong, and what is the result?

4. Why does Mr. Creakle write to David in Chapter 61?

5. How is Mr. Peggotty reunited with Emily?

6. When David visits Agnes in Chapter 39, why does Mrs. Heep follow them around?

7. In Chapter 42, what is revealed about Jack Maldon, and how does Dr. Strong react?

8. What happens when David confronts Agnes in Chapter 62?

9. What does David learn about Traddles when he returns to London in Chapter 59?

10. What happens when David tries to improve Dora's thinking?

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