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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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) Peg has been watching him.
(b) Kate has been watching him.
(c) Madeline knows about the deed.
(d) The deed is fake.

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

4. What is learned about the Cheerybles?
(a) They are not kind.
(b) They do not like Nicholas.
(c) They are protecting Ralph.
(d) They sent Ralph the letter he received in Scene 5.

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

6. What happens when Squeers mentions Smike to Ralph?
(a) Ralph becomes upset.
(b) Ralph becomes more interested and gets details of where Squeers is staying.
(c) Ralph wants Smike dead.
(d) Ralph does not want to hear about Smike.

7. What does Nicholas discover about the young man?
(a) He is his brother.
(b) He is Smike.
(c) He is John's brother.
(d) He is Frank Cheeryble.

8. About what does Charles Cheeryble confront Nicholas and Kate?
(a) Their love for Frank and Madeline.
(b) Their fear of Ralph.
(c) Their rejection of Frank and Madeline.
(d) Their decision to leave London.

9. What does Nicholas vow to stop at whatever the cost?
(a) Gride.
(b) Ralph.
(c) Madeline's wedding.
(d) Kate's wedding.

10. As the rest of the company leaves, what does Nicholas confess to Smike?
(a) He enjoys his job.
(b) He is anxious about Kate.
(c) He loves being an actor.
(d) He hopes Kate is happy.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom does Nicholas meet at the tavern?

2. Why does one of the senior actors, Folair, take Nicholas aside?

3. In his attic room, what does Squeers consider to himself?

4. Back in Portsmouth, the Crummles Company has gathered for what?

5. How does Madeline respond when Nicholas impulsively tells her how he feels about her?

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