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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 the store clerk declare about the money to Dick?

2. What does Dick's neighbor say he is missing in Chapter 22?

3. When the ferry reaches its destination, what does the young man give Dick in Chapter 11?

4. Where does Frank live?

5. What is the method of transportation that Frank and Dick take in the city in Chapter 9?

Short Essay Questions

1. Compare Frank and Dick.

2. Why is Dick fired from his job in Chapter 1?

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

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

5. Describe Dick.

6. Why do Dick and Henry want a new place of residence?

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

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

9. Describe the letter that Dick writes to his friend Frank with the help of Henry.

10. Describe two changes Dick makes in Chapter 13 and 14 in his lifestyle.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mark and Dick are two of the most active characters.

Part 1) What is their relationship? How do they co-exist, and how do they interact? What is similar about them and what is different?

Part 2) What are some events that Mark had a direct influence upon? What are some events that Dick had a direct influence upon?

Part 3) Which character offers support to the group? Which one is stronger and why?

Essay Topic 2

Social etiquette plays an important role in Ragged Dick and Mark the Match Boy. Who has "manners," and who does not? What does being of the upper class signify? Who teaches whom and in what way? Does social etiquette in Ragged Dick and Mark the Match Boy signify wealth, status, or other power? Discuss.

Essay Topic 3

Alger employs simple, yet bold, and effective language with some powerful symbolism. Choose an example of symbolism. Briefly describe it, and identify the technique which it embodies.

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