CHAPTER 5 Quiz — Great Expectations

Why do the soldiers come to the Gargery household?

• To arrest Pip for stealing food
• To have Joe repair a pair of broken handcuffs
• To search the house for escaped convicts
• To deliver a message from the magistrate

What does Pip initially believe when the soldiers arrive with handcuffs?

• That the convicts have already been caught
• That they have come to arrest him for theft
• That Joe is in trouble with the law
• That the soldiers want Christmas dinner

How long does the sergeant estimate the handcuff repairs will take?

• About thirty minutes
• About one hour
• Nearer two hours than one
• The entire evening

What does Pip whisper to Joe as they head to the marshes?

• That he is afraid of the dark
• That he hopes they will not find the convicts
• That he knows where the convicts are hiding
• That he wants to go home to Mrs. Joe

Why did Magwitch choose to recapture the other convict instead of escaping?

• He was too weak to escape on his own
• He wanted to earn a reduced sentence
• His hatred for the other convict outweighed his desire for freedom
• The soldiers had already surrounded him

How does Joe respond when he learns the convict stole food from his house?

• He demands the convict be punished
• He says the convict is welcome to it and they wouldn't have him starve
• He accuses Pip of helping the convict
• He says nothing and turns away

What does Pip compare the prison ship (Hulk) to at the end of the chapter?

• A great whale
• A wicked Noah's ark
• A floating dungeon
• A black castle on the water

Who takes credit for providing the wine to the soldiers?

• Joe
• Mrs. Joe
• Mr. Pumblechook
• The sergeant

Did Mrs. Joe willingly give permission for Pip to join the convict hunt?

Did Magwitch look at Pip when he was brought to the landing-place hut?

What does "treasonably" mean when Pip says he "treasonably whispered to Joe"?

• Fearfully and quietly
• Disloyally, as if committing a betrayal
• Excitedly and eagerly
• Angrily and resentfully

What are "wittles" as Magwitch uses the word?

• Tools for metalworking
• A dialect word for victuals (food)
• Clothing and blankets
• Coins or money

What does "livid" mean when describing the other convict's appearance?

• Furiously angry
• Extremely pale or discolored
• Covered in mud
• Visibly frightened