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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. What is Mr. Merdle's apparent financial situation?
(a) He had money but lost it.
(b) He is very wealthy.
(c) He doesn't care about money one way or the other.
(d) He has always been very poor.

2. Who comes to visit Arthur when he returns home from meeting Cavalletto for the first time?
(a) Tip.
(b) His mother.
(c) A ghost.
(d) Amy.

3. Who is Frederick?
(a) Amy's boyfriend.
(b) Amy's father.
(c) Amy's uncle.
(d) Amy's brother.

4. Who is Henry Gowan?
(a) Daniel's brother.
(b) The town tax collector.
(c) A frequent visitor to the Meagles.
(d) Arthur's brother.

5. Why does Arthur want to call Amy "Little Dorrit"?
(a) Because that is what people close to her call her.
(b) Because he read it in a book once.
(c) Because he had a dream about someone named "Little Dorrit."
(d) Because he thinks it would be a cute nickname.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Monsieur Rigaud been charged with in prison?

2. Where does Mr. Pancks live?

3. What does Pancks continually tell Little Dorrit?

4. What secret is Little Dorrit actually keeping from Arthur when he asks?

5. What will happen to Henry's debts as a result of his marriage to Minnie?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Little Dorrit's father live in the debtors' prison?

2. What reason does Pancks give Arthur for asking about information on the Dorrit family?

3. How does Amy respond to John Chivery's conversation about wanting to spend his life with her?

4. What does Arthur realize when visiting with his old girlfriend, Flora, for the first time since his return to China?

5. How did John Edward Nandy come to know William Dorrit?

6. What is the purpose of the Circumlocution Office?

7. What happens to Amy as her family is preparing to leave the debtors' prison?

8. How does Little Dorrit respond to Pancks's continual inquiries about her?

9. What is Franny's first relationship with Mrs. Merdle like?

10. What is Mrs. Flintwinch's dream about in Chapter XV (Book 1)?

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