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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. Who is Dick's first customer?

2. In Chapter 18, when Dick chases the person throwing rocks at them, what does Dick threaten to do?

3. Who feels uncomfortable with the Greysons in Chapter 17?

4. Who searches Dick and Mark in Chapter 9?

5. Where is Dick invited to visit in a note in Chapter 26?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are Henry and Dick closer to achieving their goals by the end of Chapter 27?

2. Describe the incident on the horse car with Frank and Dick in Chapter 9.

3. How does Dick reveal his honesty to Mr. Greyson in Chapter 15?

4. How does Frank attempt to help Dick improve his social status and quality of life in Chapters 5-8?

5. What does Dick have to change in order to be acceptable in society in Chapter 1?

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

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

8. How does Dick prevent Travis from withdrawing his money at the bank?

9. How do the boot blacks react to Dick's new clothes in Chapters 14 and 15?

10. Describe Dick.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain Alger's use of humor in the book. Cite examples of at least two different instances of humor and explain why the author used them where he did.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

The author uses more than one instance of irony in Ragged Dick and Mark the Match Boy. Cite at least two examples you can identify in the book and note why they are examples of irony.

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