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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why can Nicholas not pursue this person?
(a) They leave too quickly.
(b) Mr. Charles is introducing him to Mr. Ned.
(c) He is embarrassed.
(d) He is surprised to see this person.

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

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

4. Back in Portsmouth, the Crummles Company has gathered for what?
(a) A party.
(b) A meal.
(c) A meeting.
(d) A performance.

5. While passing a theatre on the way, what does Nicholas notice about it?
(a) It has closed.
(b) It is performing his play.
(c) That his name is on the sign.
(d) It is playing host to the Crummles Acting Company.

6. How does Squeers encourage Peg into handing over the deed?
(a) He seduces her.
(b) He threatens her.
(c) He bribes her.
(d) He blackmails her.

7. In Ralph's office, Ralph speaks to himself of what?
(a) How much he detests Nicholas.
(b) How he can find Nicholas.
(c) His feelings for Kate.
(d) How horrible he has been.

8. What does Squeers tell Ralph he will do if the police ask him what happened?
(a) He will lie to protect Ralph.
(b) He will say nothing.
(c) He will commit suicide.
(d) He will explain that everything was Ralph's idea.

9. After the men have gone, of what does Mrs. Wititterly accuse Kate?
(a) Stealing Hawk away from her.
(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) Allowing a potential husband to walk out the door.

10. Back in London, for what does the social climbing Mrs. Wititterly ask Kate?
(a) Information about Hawk and Verisopht.
(b) Who she is marrying.
(c) How much money she has as a dowry.
(d) Information about Ralph.

11. How is London described?
(a) Scary, dangerous, and daunting.
(b) Dirty, sad, and lonely.
(c) Pleasant, friendly, and exciting.
(d) Busy, crowded, and full of contrasts.

12. In his attic room, what does Squeers consider to himself?
(a) The manipulations of Ralph Nickleby that brought him there.
(b) The decisions he has made.
(c) The horrible things he has done.
(d) The poor choices he has made.

13. Where are Nicholas and Kate headed?
(a) Devonshire.
(b) Portsmouth.
(c) Dotheboys.
(d) London.

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

15. Why does one of the senior actors, Folair, take Nicholas aside?
(a) To thank Nicholas for a job well done.
(b) To complain about Nicholas' play.
(c) To express his curiosity about his and Smike's true origins and names.
(d) To give Nicholas a gift.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the company recount?

3. Mrs. Nickleby and Miss LaCreevy appear with luggage. To where are Kate and Mrs. Nickleby in the process of moving?

4. To whom does Nicholas pay his final call of the evening?

5. 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?

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