Great Expectations Reading Comprehension

Pip first meets Magwitch

• In a prison

• On a boat

• In a graveyard

• In London

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

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

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

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

Pip is told the news about coming into a fortune by

• Mr Jaggers

• Mr Wemmick

• Herbert Pocket

• Miss Havisham

Estella turns out to be

• Compeyson's daughter

• Magwitch's niece

• Magwitch's daughter

• Compeyson's niece

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

• Herbert Pocket

• Meriwether Compeyson

• Pip

• Bentley Drummle

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

In London Pip lives with

• Miss Havisham

• Mr Wemmick

• Herbert Pocket

• Mr Jaggers