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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Kenwigs suggest that Miss Petowker do for everyone?

2. What does Crowl volunteer to do?

3. What does Ralph do to the two people who have been dealing with the Mantalinis?

4. Juliet awakes and sees what?

5. When Mrs. Nickleby asks Kate whether she has anything to say to her uncle, what does Kate say?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Bray act during his interaction with Nicholas?

2. What does Ralph learn about his plans?

3. How does the family act when Mr. Lillyvick arrives?

4. How does Nicholas end up fighting Hawk?

5. As the play begins, what are members of the company doing?

6. What good luck does Nicholas have?

7. What does Crummles tell the company, when he arrives with Nicholas and Smike?

8. How does Mrs. Nickleby help Verisopht, Hawk, Pluck, and Pyke?

9. What takes place at a public meeting in a tavern?

10. How does Mr. Lillyvick react to this commotion?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Nicholas undergoes a journey of transformation.

Part 1) How is Nicholas at the beginning of the story?

Part 2) How does he change through the play? What causes these changes? How do his changes affect others?

Part 3) What is the purpose of this journey, for him and for the reader?

Essay Topic 2

Nicholas has a temper.

Part 1) How does this temper change throughout the story?

Part 2) How does his journey of transformation affect his temper? Why?

Part 3) Based on what takes place when Nicholas' temper flares, what might Dickens think about this reaction to anger?

Essay Topic 3

This story is relevant today.

Part 1) Describe what is relevant to today's society and life.

Part 2) Could this be relevant throughout time? Why or why not?

Part 3) Will this story continue to be relevant? Why or why not?

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