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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 marries Isabella Wardle?

2. How do the Pickwickians get to Mr. Wardle's property?

3. Who does Winkle begin a romance with over the Christmas holiday?

4. Why is Tupman challenged to a duel?

5. Why does the man in the parson's manuscript go crazy?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Pickwick learn when he and Sam go to Dodson's and Fogg's office?

2. What does Mrs. Pott do when the Pickwickians come to her home?

3. How does Pickwick get locked in a boarding school?

4. What happens when the cook hears of Job's intentions with her?

5. What are the initial results of the election?

6. What does Perker do to change the results of the election?

7. What does Bob Sawyer do that makes Winkle very jealous?

8. What does Pickwick dress up as for the breakfast, and why?

9. Why is Tupman challenged to a duel in Rochester?

10. What does Sam do when he dines at the Nupkin household?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Rachael is a minor character whose presence made a big difference in the plot. How does she accomplish this? What are some ways that her presence, however brief, alters the plot? What would have happened differently if she had not been in the book at all

Essay Topic 2

Mrs. Bardell displays a very controlling nature in this book. How does her need for control affect the people around her, and why is this controlling nature so significant for the time setting of this book?

Essay Topic 3

How does Sam show his intense loyalty to his father and his employer?

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