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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. As Squeers and Mrs. Squeers discuss Nicholas, what happens to Fanny?
(a) She becomes intrigued.
(b) She becomes irritated.
(c) She becomes bored.
(d) She becomes angry.

2. Friar Lawrence arrives with what news?
(a) Tybalt is not dead.
(b) Mercutio is dead.
(c) Mercutio is not dead either.
(d) The Apothecary is dead.

3. Why does Mrs. Nickleby take her two children with her to see Ralph?
(a) Her husband has died and left her penniless.
(b) She wants to visit her husband's brother.
(c) Her husband is spending time with his brother.
(d) Ralph has invited them to visit.

4. When Mrs. Nickleby asks Kate whether she has anything to say to her uncle, what does Kate say?
(a) She does, but insists upon saying it in private.
(b) She angrily storms out of the room.
(c) She quietly thanks him.
(d) She has nothing to say.

5. As Mrs. Nickleby appears, Ralph announces that he has found a position for Kate working for whom?
(a) A milliner and dressmaker.
(b) A blacksmith.
(c) A weaver.
(d) A carpenter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who stabbed Mercutio?

2. What does Mr. Lillyvick do when Mr. Kenwigs desperately pleads with him to stay?

3. How does Nicholas anger Fanny?

4. What happened to the girl the Kenwigs had paid to watch the baby?

5. Why does this woman ask for Kate?

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