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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Headstone accuse Lizzie of accepting in Book 2, Chapter 15?
(a) Favors from Charley.
(b) Favors from Eugene.
(c) Favors from Mortimer.
(d) Favors from Silas.

2. Who has decided to complete his studies in Book 2, Chapter 1?
(a) Mortimer Lighthouse.
(b) Alfred Lammles.
(c) Eugene Fox.
(d) Charley Hexam.

3. Who does Eugene see through the window at the Hexam home?
(a) Bella.
(b) John.
(c) Henrietta.
(d) Lizzie.

4. What was John Rokesmith afraid of becoming that made him take on a different persona?
(a) Lazy.
(b) Like his father.
(c) An accountant.
(d) A sailor.

5. Who is Charley worried about in Book 2, Chapter 1?
(a) His friend.
(b) His lover.
(c) His sister.
(d) His mother.

6. Where are Mortimer Lightwood and Eugene Wrayburn sitting when they discuss their office space?
(a) Jessie' office.
(b) Eugene's office.
(c) Alfred's office.
(d) Mortimer's office.

7. What does the visitor who comes to see Eugene say about Jessie Hexam?
(a) He was kidnapped and is being tortured by the Wilfers.
(b) He murdered John Harmon and confessed his crime.
(c) He is deathly ill by the anthrax poison he was exposed to.
(d) He drowned in the river with floating bodies.

8. What does Eugene Wrayburn offer Lizzie?
(a) An education at her boardinghouse.
(b) A house of her own.
(c) A marriage proposal.
(d) A new set of clothes.

9. To whom does Silas Wegg talk about his amputation in Book 1, Chapter 7?
(a) Mr. Harmon.
(b) Mr. Boffin.
(c) Mr. Venus.
(d) Mr. Hexam.

10. What is the name of the little orphan that the Boffins are going to adopt?
(a) Carter.
(b) Johnny.
(c) Margaret.
(d) Grace.

11. What did Boffin first think a secretary was?
(a) A lawyer.
(b) A piece of furniture.
(c) A military leader.
(d) An accountant.

12. What do Alfred and his new wife discover soon after their marriage about each other?
(a) They are both wealthy.
(b) They are both divorced.
(c) They are both not wealthy.
(d) They are both illegitimate.

13. Who are the Veneerings friends with?
(a) Mortimer Lightwood.
(b) Jessie Hexam.
(c) Lizzie Hexam.
(d) Melvin Twemlow.

14. Who goes to talk to Fledgeby in Book 2, Chapter 5?
(a) Alfred Lammle.
(b) Noddy Boffin.
(c) Jessie Hexam.
(d) Mortimer Lightwood.

15. Who has been masquerading as John Rokesmith?
(a) John Harmon.
(b) Charley Hexam.
(c) Gaffer Rogue.
(d) Jessie Hexam.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jessie pull out of the water?

2. Who does Noddy Boffin see when he gets home in Book 1, Chapter 9?

3. Who does Eugene have dinner with in Book 1, Chapter 12?

4. Whom are Eugene and Mortimer worried about the rumors around Jessie will affect?

5. Who convinces Boffin to take him home to have a drink in Book 2, Chapter 7?

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