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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Act 1, Scenes 15-24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do Kate and Mrs. Nickleby visit an invalid named Mrs. Wititterly?
(a) To see if she needs anything.
(b) Mrs. Wititterly has advertised for a companion.
(c) To care for her.
(d) To bring her food.

2. Back at Dotheboys, what is Squeers doing to Smike?
(a) Whipping him.
(b) Teasing him.
(c) Torturing him.
(d) Calling for him.

3. What does the Crummles Company perform?
(a) The final scene of their version of Romeo and Juliet.
(b) The first scene of their version of Romeo and Juliet.
(c) The first scene of A Christmas Carol.
(d) The last scene of A Christmas Carol.

4. As Kate poses for Miss LaCreevy, what do they discuss?
(a) Ralph and how uneasy Kate feels around him.
(b) The women in town.
(c) How much she adores her uncle.
(d) How happy she is for Nicholas.

5. What does Ralph do to the two people who have been dealing with the Mantalinis?
(a) He sends them home to their husbands.
(b) He ridicules them.
(c) He throws them out.
(d) He gives them their wages and congratulates them on a job well done.

Short Answer Questions

1. In addition to writing the new play, what is Nicholas to do?

2. What does Nicholas do as Mrs. Grudden sings a sentimental song?

3. As Squeers and Mrs. Squeers discuss Nicholas, what happens to Fanny?

4. At the close of the first performance of Nicholas' new play, who visits him?

5. When Madame Mantalini and Miss Knag arrive, what announcement is made?

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