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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 is identical on the bureau of Dick and that of his neighbor?

2. Dick's second customer pays him with _____________.

3. Who recognizes Dick at the bank in Chapter 22?

4. In Chapter 15, Dick helps out ______________.

5. If Frank lived in the city, what would he do for Dick?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Dick's good samaritan deed land him a job in Chapter 26?

2. How does Dick's good habits rub off on Henry, and how does he help Henry in Chapter 18?

3. How is Dick alert to business opportunities?

4. Describe Dick and Mickey Maguire's confrontation in Chapter 17 and 18.

5. How does Dick get the money back from the swindler on the ferry in Chapter 11?

6. How do the boys work together as a team to improve their lives by the end of Chapter 20?

7. Describe the merchants in New York that Frank and Dick interact with in Chapter 5.

8. Describe Dick's early history.

9. How does Dick assist the police and the young man who was robbed in Chapter 10?

10. How does Dick help Tom, the boot-black?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast Roswell and Travis. How are they similar? How are they different? How are their ultimate experiences similar? What is the lesson that the author wishes to convey through these examples?

Essay Topic 2

Choose a character that Mark grows to like. How does their relationship evolve?

Essay Topic 3

Explain the concept of loneliness as it exhibits in Ragged Dick and Mark the Match Boy. Which of the characters are lonely? Are they all lonely in some way? Explain the loneliness and the methods and attempts to overcome it.

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