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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Nicholas speak, regarding Ralph?
(a) He mocks Ralph as Ralph reads the urgent letter.
(b) He speaks about who sent the urgent letter to Ralph.
(c) He speaks to Ralph, regarding the urgent letter.
(d) He speaks the words that Ralph is reading in the urgent letter.

2. After the men have gone, of what does Mrs. Wititterly accuse Kate?
(a) Allowing a potential husband to walk out the door.
(b) Not caring enough about wealth.
(c) Manipulating the situation in order to be alone with Hawk and thereby advance her position at the expense of the Wititterlys.
(d) Stealing Hawk away from her.

3. Why does Nicholas travel through the poorest and most degraded section of London?
(a) He is lost.
(b) To help the poor.
(c) To complete his errand for the Cheerybles.
(d) To see what life is like in this section of London.

4. Mrs. Nickleby and Miss LaCreevy appear with luggage. To where are Kate and Mrs. Nickleby in the process of moving?
(a) To a flat in London.
(b) To a new home.
(c) To their home in the country.
(d) Back to Miss LaCreevy's.

5. For what does Gride get ready?
(a) His wedding to Madeline.
(b) His wedding to Kate.
(c) Madeline's wedding to Ralph.
(d) Nicholas' wedding to Madeline.

6. What has happened within two weeks of the trip?
(a) Smike is depressed.
(b) Smike has died.
(c) Smike has become healthier.
(d) Smike becomes too ill to move.

7. How does Ralph believe they can take revenge on Nicholas?
(a) By catching him and having him put in jail.
(b) By marrying Kate.
(c) By finding the person who took the deed, taking the deed from her, and destroying it.
(d) By stealing his inheritance.

8. What does Nicholas say they learned on their journey?
(a) That to become connected with money is to become corrupted.
(b) That no one can be trusted.
(c) That love does not exist.
(d) That money is what is important.

9. What does the company recount?
(a) Who forgot what lines.
(b) The performances of the actors.
(c) How the play has changed from the original.
(d) The action that took place in the previous play.

10. After a chase, what happens to Peg, Squeers and the deed?
(a) They are all taken into custody.
(b) They disappear.
(c) They are caught by Nicholas.
(d) They escape.

11. Nicholas paid a call on the Kenwigs,' who have had another baby which Mr. Kenwigs has called what?
(a) Lilly.
(b) Vick.
(c) Lillyrose.
(d) Lillyvick.

12. What has been causing Ralph to lose sleep?
(a) Stress.
(b) Noises in his home.
(c) He is not feeling well.
(d) A mysterious feeling.

13. Why do Sir Mulberry Hawk and Lord Frederick Verisopht wake up groggily?
(a) They have been travelling a great deal.
(b) They are ill.
(c) After a night of too much revelry.
(d) They are woken up early in the morning.

14. Gride then asks Noggs to stay for a drink and proposes what?
(a) A toast to Madeline, his young bride-to-be.
(b) They open a shop together.
(c) They leave town.
(d) A toast to Ralph and Madeline.

15. Ralph orders Noggs to get a coach to take them to the Strand, which Noggs realizes will take Ralph where?
(a) To Hawk.
(b) To the home of Nickleby and Kate.
(c) To Nicholas.
(d) To John.

Short Answer Questions

1. Once again Nicholas looks for work, and once again what happens?

2. In Hawk's apartments, Pluck and Pyke inform him of what?

3. Just as everybody returns to go in to dinner, Noggs arrives in a new suit, confessing what?

4. How does Squeers encourage Peg into handing over the deed?

5. Why can Nicholas not pursue this person?

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