Great Expectations Reading Comprehension

Pip first meets Magwitch

• In a prison

• On a boat

• In a graveyard

• In London

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

The first impression that we get from Pip's sister is:

• She is petty and ambitious

• She dreams of being raised to a better station in life

• She believes in corporal punishment

• all three answers are correct

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

Miss Havisham has shut herself away in her mansion

• as she is allergic to sunlight

• after her marriage was cancelled

• after a tragic incident

• after the death of her little brother, Arthur

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.1.1

The narrator’s discontent with his home at this time was caused by

• his sister’s temper

• an awareness of how his home would appear to others

• Miss Havisham and Estella’s impression of the home

• the lack of refinement of the kitchen of the house

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CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

Why does Orlick dislike Pip so much?

• Because he is jealous of him

• Because he is sullen and churlish

• Because he hates Pip's sister, Mrs Joe Gargery

• All three answers are correct

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Pip is told the news about coming into a fortune by

• Mr Jaggers

• Mr Wemmick

• Herbert Pocket

• Miss Havisham

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

Estella turns out to be

• Compeyson's daughter

• Magwitch's niece

• Magwitch's daughter

• Compeyson's niece

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

Which character is a gentleman by birth but acts like a villain?

• Herbert Pocket

• Meriwether Compeyson

• Pip

• Bentley Drummle

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Pip has little money at the end of the book because

• he has gambled it all away

• Orlick steals it

• it is confiscated by the aythorities

• Herbert loses Pip's fortune

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

In London Pip lives with

• Miss Havisham

• Mr Wemmick

• Herbert Pocket

• Mr Jaggers

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.7