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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. How does Dora react when she learns of the change in David's financial circumstances?
(a) She tells him that she loves him too much for financial matters to concern her.
(b) She begs David never to mention poverty or hard work to her again.
(c) She tells him that she is marrying someone else.
(d) She breaks off their engagement.

2. What does Miss Betsey hint to David in Chapter 60?
(a) Miss Betsey does not appear in Chapter 60.
(b) That Miss Betsey is going to marry Mr. Dick.
(c) That Agnes will marry him.
(d) That Agnes may have a suitor.

3. Who permits David to see Dora in Chapter 41?
(a) Mr. Spenlow.
(b) Her aunts.
(c) Dora's friend.
(d) Traddles.

4. What does Uriah Heep tell Mr. Wickfield in Chapter 39?
(a) He is poor.
(b) He has eloped with Agnes.
(c) His jealousy of David.
(d) His intentions to marry Agnes.

5. What major event occurs in Chapter 43?
(a) Dora dies.
(b) David marries Dora.
(c) Steerforth reappears.
(d) Miss Betsey renounces David.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Miss Betsey send David to Dover to attend to some business for her?

2. After the paperwork is settled in Chapter 52, what does everyone decide to do?

3. When do the last two chapters of the novel take place in relation to the previous chapters?

4. What happens when David takes Agnes to meet Dora?

5. What worries Agnes in Chapter 35?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Rosa Dartle react to Steerforth's death?

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

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

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

5. How does Mr. Peggotty's visit in Chapter 63 tie up the loose ends of the novel?

6. What is the major problem that David discovers about his marriage to Dora in Chapter 44?

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

8. Describe Emily's adventures after leaving home.

9. In Chapter 36, who finds work, and what work do they find?

10. How is Mr. Peggotty reunited with Emily?

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