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Great Expectations: chapter 1

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What combination of names led to the narrator being known as 'Pip'?

a)

Mother's name (Philippa) and Grandma's name (Poppy)

b)

Father's name (Pirrip) and narrator's christian name (Philip)

c)

Grandfather's name (Pirrip) and narrator's christian name (Philip)

d)

Brother's name (Philip) and narrator's christian name (Pirrip)

2.

What does the verb "derived" mean?

a)

To learn or work out from something

b)

Explicitly labelled or explained

c)

To write down

d)

To tell someone

3.

How many brothers does the narrator have?

a)

3

b)

2

c)

4

d)

5

4.

Which of these describes the place where Pip (the narrator) lives?

a)

An industrial city

b)

Marsh country, 20 miles from the sea

c)

A rural village

d)

A desolate wasteland

5.

Who is being described here: small bundle of fears growing afraid of it all and beginning to cry.

a)

Joe Gargery

b)

Charles Dickens

c)

The escaped prisoner

d)

Pip

6.

What is the "great iron" on the man's leg?

a)

A device to help his broken ankle heal

b)

A piece of armour

c)

A chain to act like handcuffs

7.

What does the man first threaten to do to Pip?

a)

Eat him

b)

Rob him

c)

Beat him up

d)

Kidnap him

8.

What job does Pip's brother-in-law have?

a)

Butcher

b)

Blacksmith

c)

Farmer

d)

Goldsmith

9.

What does the escaped prisoner demand Pip bring him?

a)

A file and food

b)

Money

c)

A horse to escape on

d)

Nothing

10.

Why do you think the prisoner is pleased to learn Pip's brother-in-law is a blacksmith?

a)

He is rich so he can rob him

b)

He will have tools to cut the leg iron off

c)

He will have a big house to hide out in

11.

Where and when does Pip have to meet the prisoner again?

a)

At the Battery (a coastal defence building) at dawn

b)

At the Battery (a coastal defence building) at midnight

c)

In the church graveyard at dawn

d)

In the church graveyard at midnight

12.

What type of story is a Bildungsroman?

a)

A horror story

b)

A story focusing on the moral and psychological growth of the main character

c)

A tragedy

d)

A crime thriller

13.

Where do the events in chapter 1 take place?

a)

Inside a church

b)

In Pip's garden

c)

In an empty churchyard

d)

Out on the marshes