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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 Mrs. Clennam feel about her husband?

2. How old was Maggy when she first got sick?

3. Where does Rigaud meet Cavalletto?

4. What profession is Henry going to attempt after his marriage?

5. What is Mr. Merdle's apparent financial situation?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Arthur decide to do when he sees a man being taken to the hospital after walking with Pancks for the first time?

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

3. What does Mr. Merdle's physician say about him at a dinner party in Book 1?

4. What does Pet confide in Arthur during a private conversation between the two of them?

5. What does Miss Wade think of Tattycoram when she first meets her?

6. Why does Arthur not want to join the family business?

7. What reaction does Amy have to her father's reaction to seeing her walking with Nandy?

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

9. Why does Amy refuse Arthur's offer to pay off her father's debts?

10. What role does Amy play in her family?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss: 1) why Mr. Merdle is able to perpetrate the high level of fraud that he does throughout "Little Dorrit" and 2) why he kills himself.

Essay Topic 2

Present an argument that Little Dorrit or Arthur is not as good of a character as the reader may initially come to believe.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss at least three acts of kindness Amy does within the first fifteen chapters that show the reader what kind of character she is.

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