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WorksheetsGreat Expectations: chapter 1
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
What combination of names led to the narrator being known as 'Pip'?
Mother's name (Philippa) and Grandma's name (Poppy)
Father's name (Pirrip) and narrator's christian name (Philip)
Grandfather's name (Pirrip) and narrator's christian name (Philip)
Brother's name (Philip) and narrator's christian name (Pirrip)
What does the verb "derived" mean?
To learn or work out from something
Explicitly labelled or explained
To write down
To tell someone
How many brothers does the narrator have?
3
2
4
5
Which of these describes the place where Pip (the narrator) lives?
An industrial city
Marsh country, 20 miles from the sea
A rural village
A desolate wasteland
Who is being described here: small bundle of fears growing afraid of it all and beginning to cry.
Joe Gargery
Charles Dickens
The escaped prisoner
Pip
What is the "great iron" on the man's leg?
A device to help his broken ankle heal
A piece of armour
A chain to act like handcuffs
What does the man first threaten to do to Pip?
Eat him
Rob him
Beat him up
Kidnap him
What job does Pip's brother-in-law have?
Butcher
Blacksmith
Farmer
Goldsmith
What does the escaped prisoner demand Pip bring him?
A file and food
Money
A horse to escape on
Nothing
Why do you think the prisoner is pleased to learn Pip's brother-in-law is a blacksmith?
He is rich so he can rob him
He will have tools to cut the leg iron off
He will have a big house to hide out in
Where and when does Pip have to meet the prisoner again?
At the Battery (a coastal defence building) at dawn
At the Battery (a coastal defence building) at midnight
In the church graveyard at dawn
In the church graveyard at midnight
What type of story is a Bildungsroman?
A horror story
A story focusing on the moral and psychological growth of the main character
A tragedy
A crime thriller
Where do the events in chapter 1 take place?
Inside a church
In Pip's garden
In an empty churchyard
Out on the marshes
