CHAPTER 6 Quiz — Great Expectations

Why does Pip decide not to tell Joe the truth about the stolen food and file?

• He fears Mrs. Joe will beat him
• He fears losing Joe's love and trust
• The convict threatened him into silence
• He has already forgotten what happened

How does Pip get home from the marshes after the convict's capture?

• He walks home alone
• Mr. Wopsle carries him
• Joe carries him on his back
• Mrs. Joe comes to fetch him in a cart

What is Mr. Pumblechook's theory about how the convict entered the house?

• He broke through a window
• He picked the front door lock
• He climbed the forge roof, then the house roof, and came down the chimney by a rope made of bedding
• He tunneled underneath the foundation

Why is Mr. Pumblechook's theory accepted by the household?

• It is supported by physical evidence
• Joe confirms it is correct
• He is forceful and self-important, and no one dares contradict him
• The convict later confirms the method

Toward whom does Pip feel guilty in this chapter?

• Mrs. Joe only
• Both Joe and Mrs. Joe equally
• Joe only
• The convict

What does Pip call his own behavior in this chapter?

• Brave and necessary
• Clever and strategic
• Cowardly
• Innocent and forgivable

Why is Mr. Wopsle's objection to Pumblechook's theory dismissed?

• He offers a better theory that is also rejected
• He has no alternative theory, no coat, and is steaming by the fire
• Joe tells him to be quiet
• Mrs. Joe sends him out of the room

True or False: Pip confesses to Joe that he was the one who stole the food and file.

True or False: The convict claims during his arrest that he stole the food and file from the forge himself.

In the sentence "the pilfering from which I had been so unexpectedly exonerated," what does "exonerated" mean?

• Punished severely
• Cleared of blame or guilt
• Accused publicly
• Rewarded generously

When Pip says he "morbidly represented to myself" various scenarios of Joe's suspicion, what does "morbidly" suggest about his thinking?

• He was thinking logically and calmly
• He was thinking with humor and detachment
• He was thinking in an unhealthily obsessive and gloomy way
• He was thinking quickly and efficiently

What does Pip mean by "I had had no intercourse with the world at that time"?

• He had not traveled outside England
• He had no social experience or dealings with the wider world
• He had not learned to read or write
• He had no friends besides Joe