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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 do Mr. and Mrs. Kenwigs do when Noggs arrives?

2. To avoid confrontation with the Kenwigs, what has this man arranged?

3. What does Kate ask Ralph?

4. When Squeers, Mrs. Squeers and Smike are gone, what does Nicholas do?

5. When Pupker gives Nicholas a list of things to do, how does Nicholas react?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Miss Knag do for Kate?

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

3. What good luck does Nicholas have?

4. How does Miss Knag change when an elderly lord and his young fiancee enter to store?

5. At the theatre in Portsmouth, the Crummles Company has just finished another successful performance. Who enters to speak with Nicholas? Why?

6. What happens to Kate at the party?

7. What happens when Nicholas encounters John Bowdie?

8. Where are Mr. Lillyvick and his bride married? Why does Nicholas leave early?

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

10. As Nicholas arrives at Dotheboys, how does he feel?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There are two central plot lines.

Part 1) What are these two plot lines? What is the significance of each?

Part 2) How are these two plot lines related or connected?

Part 3) What is the purpose of having two plot lines?

Essay Topic 2

The story has a central theme.

Part 1) What is this theme? How is this revealed in the story?

Part 2) Why does Dickens choose this as a theme?

Part 3) How does this theme touch the lives of all the main characters?

Essay Topic 3

Foreshadowing is important in this story.

Part 1) Give two examples of foreshadowing. What do these examples foreshadow?

Part 2) What is the purpose of this foreshadowing?

Part 3) How does it set the mood of the story and enhance the story for the reader or audience member?

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