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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. How does Agnes react when David confronts her about her possible suitor?

2. What happens with Emily in Chapter 51?

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

4. What does David decide to do in order to make sure Dora gets the life she requires?

5. How does Dora's father find out about the relationship between David and Dora?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does David do when he returns home in Chapter 40?

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

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

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

5. After learning of his newly impoverished state, what does David decide to do, and what happens as a result?

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

7. In Chapter 43, how does David prepare to marry Dora?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is physical beauty used to correspond to moral good in this novel? Which characters demonstrate the use of this motif?

Essay Topic 2

What is the significance of wealth in this novel? What events are driven by wealth and poverty? How are characters viewed based on their pecuniary successes?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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