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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. Where does everyone gather to hear Mr. Micawber's evidence in Chapter 52?
(a) Miss Betsey's house.
(b) Debtor's Prison.
(c) The Wickfield house.
(d) David's house.

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

3. 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.

4. Who do David, Miss Betsey, Mr. Dick, and Traddles meet in Chapter 52?
(a) Mr. Micawber.
(b) Uriah Heep.
(c) Mr. Wickfield.
(d) Agnes.

5. Where does David live after he returns from his travel abroad?
(a) In a rented room in London.
(b) With Miss Betsey in Dover.
(c) In a cottage in Yarmouth.
(d) In a hotel in Canterbury.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does David see when he returns late to his aunt's house in Chapter 47?

2. What does David buy with his extra income in Chapter 43?

3. What does David assume about his relationship with Agnes?

4. What is the major problem in David and Dora's marriage?

5. Who writes to David to request a secret meeting?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when David sees Ham in Chapter 55?

2. What does Mrs. Micawber tell David in Chapter 49?

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

4. How does Dora react when David tells her of his poverty?

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

6. How is Mr. Peggotty reunited with Emily?

7. Why does Dora say it's better for her to die now?

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

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

10. Why does David travel, and where does he go?

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