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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How does David feel he must act due to his financial status in Chapter 35?

4. Who has managed to sort out the Wickfield estate and recover most of Miss Betsey's fortune?

5. What does the simple act of placing the Strongs' hands together accomplish?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Dora's father react when he learns of the affair between David and Dora?

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

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

5. Recount Mr. Micawber's charges against Uriah Heep.

6. Describe Emily's adventures after leaving home.

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

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

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

10. Who travels in Chapter 57, and where do they go?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Which characters are present in the novel as the protagonist and the antagonist? Why are these characters labeled in this way?

Essay Topic 2

How do the minor characters in the novel affect the plot? How would the novel be different if one or more of these characters were removed?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast Agnes and Dora. How are their relationships with David similar and different?

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