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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Amy tell Franny she should not get married?
(a) Because marriage is hard on a woman.
(b) Because she is not in love.
(c) Because she is only being courted for her money.
(d) Because she is too young.

2. Why does Pancks have more difficulty than normal in collecting rents?
(a) Because people have learned they can take advantage of him.
(b) Because the country is going through a recession and no one has any funds.
(c) Because people know that Merdle does not really need the money.
(d) Because no one respects him anymore.

3. What does Dorrit ask for while at dinner with the Merdles?
(a) More wine, even though he clearly doesn't need it.
(b) Kisses from all the girls.
(c) More food.
(d) Money.

4. What does Arthur's mother say about the same stranger he saw earlier with Miss Wade?
(a) That it is her new boyfriend.
(b) That it is just business.
(c) That it is just her new doctor visiting.
(d) That it is the son she never told Arthur about.

5. Which rooms do Mr. and Mrs. Sparkler occupy after their wedding?
(a) The same ones used by Henry and Minnie.
(b) The same ones used by Amy and Arthur.
(c) The ones used by the King and Queen many years ago.
(d) The same ones used by Mrs. Merdle.

6. Where do Fanny and Sparkler go after their wedding?
(a) America.
(b) France.
(c) Scotland.
(d) England.

7. Where are the Meagles going to go see their daughter?
(a) In Italy.
(b) In England.
(c) In France.
(d) In Paris.

8. How does Miss Wade pay her bills?
(a) She doesn't; she is horribly in debt.
(b) She has the patent for a new sewing machine.
(c) She lives off of a trust fund.
(d) Her father is involved in illegal activities.

9. How does Arthur start to feel while in debtors' prison?
(a) Wise beyond his years.
(b) Ill and very old.
(c) Shaky and confused.
(d) Happy and carefree.

10. Where are Miss Wade, Tattycoram, and Flora all living when Arthur goes to see Tattycoram?
(a) At an all-girls school.
(b) At the debtors' prison.
(c) In a very fancy house in Bleeding Heart Yard.
(d) At Casby's house.

11. What does Henry make Lion do when he misbehaves?
(a) Go out onto the street to be adopted by someone else.
(b) Go back to the pound.
(c) Go back to the house.
(d) Leave the room.

12. Where does Mr. Dorrit return to after Fanny's marriage.
(a) A secret hideaway place in London.
(b) His new fancy hotel in London.
(c) His home in London.
(d) The debtors' prison in London.

13. Where does Cavalletto claim to have seen Blandois recently?
(a) At the courthouse.
(b) In Arthur's mother's apartment.
(c) In London.
(d) In Miss Wade's apartment.

14. Who reports to Mr. Dorrit that Mr. Blandois has gone missing?
(a) Amy.
(b) Daniel.
(c) Flora.
(d) Maggy.

15. What do Miss Wade and Tattycoram tell Arthur about Blandois's whereabouts?
(a) That he is often seen in the town square, selling stolen goods.
(b) That he sometimes stays there.
(c) That they know nothing.
(d) That they think they saw him in London a week or two ago.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Fanny respond to Frederick's scolding about how she treats Amy?

2. What does Lion do in Henry's studio?

3. What do the residents of the Bleeding Heart Yard think of Merdle?

4. Who does Arthur think of while he sits in debtors' prison?

5. What relationship of Amy's particularly suffers once her family becomes wealthy?

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