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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 color hair does Mrs. Pickwick have?

2. On what day of the week in Chapter 19, does Charlie meet Alice outside St. Vincent's hospital?

3. What color singlet does the man from the train wear in Chapter 21?

4. In Chapter 18, how many rabbits does Charlie have for his mother?

5. In Chapter 19, how long will Charlie and Mr. Redmond be gone for the race?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 16, how and where is Nostrils injured?

2. Who does Charlie see at a cake shop in Fitzroy in Chapter 13 and what does he do?

3. What are Charlie's thoughts as he lays in bed the night before the race?

4. What does Mrs. Pickwick serve for supper in Chapter 21, and why?

5. What is Charlie's mother doing in Chapter 12 when he wakes and why does he not stop her?

6. What job does Squizzy give Charlie in Chapter 12, and who usually does the job?

7. In Chapter 20, what does Charlie notice about the streets of Ballarat?

8. What does Mr. Redmond offer to train Charlie for when Charlie quits boxing in Chapter 14?

9. How does Charlie run the heat and why in Chapter 21?

10. In Chapter 19, how does Alice get herself in to see Nostrils when she goes to the hospital with Charlie?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Charlie is struggling to be the man of the house at the beginning of the book. How does Charlie mature and come of age in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Comic relief can inject humor in an otherwise serious or tragic scene in a book. How is comic relief used in the novel? How does it provide relief from tension in serious or stressful scenes in the book?

Essay Topic 3

Charlie starts working for Squizzy Taylor to earn money for his family. How does Charlie begin to understand the power involved in working for Taylor? How does that understanding change Charlie’s motivation for working for the man? How does the desire for power begin to influence Charlie and his actions?

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