Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Practice Questions on Great Expectations

1. How did Pip receive his nickname?
 - His first name is Phillip and last nameis Pirrip so he started calling himself Pip and the name stuck.
2. What happens when Pip is sitting in the churchyard?
 - A man in chains jumps out and commands Pip to bring him food and to find something to help him break out of the chains.
3. What happens when Pip tells the convict about another convict he discovered?
 - The convict grows angry and seems to be frustrated by the news.
4. What are Pip's thoughts when he returns home?
 - Pip grows paranoid that the police will be waiting for him. When police go to the house when they are eating dinner he thinks that it is to arrest him for helping the convict.
5. What happened when the police found the convicts?
 - The two convicts were fighting. Pip is worried about "his" convict, but the convict actually protects Pip by claiming to have stolen the food.
6. Who is Miss Havisham?
- Miss Havisham is a rich lady who Pip's guardians believe will help him make money.
7. Describe Estella.
- Estella is cold and rude. When Pip goes to Miss Havisham's home she rudely dismisses Pumblechook and when Miss Havisham orders her to play with Pip she speaks to him with a degrading tone, loking down on him because of his social class.
8. What did Pip tell Joe and Pumblechook happened at Miss Havisham's home?
- He tells them that Estella fed him cake and that dogs were fighting for a piece of food. He later tells Joe what really happened.
9. Who did Pip see at the pub?
- Pip saw a strange man who was stirring his drink with the same file Pip gave to the convict so long ago, this man gave Pip money which he later gives to Joe.
10. What happens at Miss Havisham's?
- Pip meets her relatives and is asked to fight by a man. He knocks the man down and Estella then permits him to give her a kiss on the cheek.

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