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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Act 3, Scenes 4-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Gride takes out the deed he mentioned to Ralph, looks it over once more, puts it back in the trunk and leaves. Of what is he unaware?
(a) The deed is fake.
(b) Peg has been watching him.
(c) Kate has been watching him.
(d) Madeline knows about the deed.

3. What does Noggs show Kate and Mrs. Nickleby?
(a) Their depressing new home.
(b) Their new shop.
(c) His home.
(d) A picture of Mr. Nickleby.

4. With whom does Nicholas meet at the tavern?
(a) Tilda and Fanny.
(b) Fanny and John.
(c) Kate and Mrs. Nickleby.
(d) John and Tilda.

5. Who is the older Nickleby son?
(a) Ralph.
(b) Nicholas.
(c) Smike.
(d) John.

Short Answer Questions

1. Members of the company, speaking in turn, give what information to the audience?

2. What does John Bowdie do when Nicholas encounters him in the countryside near Dotheboys?

3. What happens when Squeers mentions Smike to Ralph?

4. Why is this man worried about how the Kenwigs will react to the news of his love interest?

5. While out on a walk through the school's gardens, Nicholas meets Fanny and Tilda who do what?

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