English 231—Senior English Name:

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Newton South High School Mission Statement

Newton South High School, a community of students, parents, faculty, and staff

(1) Is dedicated to equality and opportunity for all; (2) Expects integrity; responsibility; and respect for self, others, and the environment; (3) Creates a climate of safety and kindness; (4) Encourages communication and personal connections; (5) Nurtures curiosity, creativity, and a passion for learning; (6) Fosters self-confidence and success for all learners.

Reading #1: Chapters 1-4 (pages 1-28)

1. LITERAL LEVEL. [Option A (Option B is on the back.)] MAIN IDEA. Write in one sentence the main idea or main events of the reading passage (chapter, section, story), the core idea that the writer wants the reader to understand.

2. INFERENTIAL LEVEL. Choose a significant or compelling line or passage from the chapter—write it down along with the page number—and briefly discuss the reasons for your choice. The passage should be significant beyond literal-level plot.

3. CRITICAL LEVEL. Choose an example of good writing—write it down along with the page number—and briefly explain your reason for your choice.

4. PERSONAL LEVEL. Choose a favorite phrase, line, or passage from the reading or any reason——write it down along with the page number—and briefly discuss the reasons for your choice.

[Literal Level—Option B—answer on a separate sheet of paper and attach]

Chapter 1

1. What are the “five little stone lozenges” Pip sees at the cemetery?

2. With whom does Pip live? What part of this information is particularly useful to the convict?

3. What two things does the convict tell Pip to bring him back? What specific threat that the convict make to Pip if he does not return to the cemetery with these things?

4. The convict “hugged his shuddering body in both his arms” (4). How does this characterize the convict?

5. Who is the young man the convict mentions? Is it clear that this young man exists? What is the convict trying to do to Pip?

Chapter 2

6. Contrast Joe’s physical description (hair and eye color and skin) with Mrs. Joe’s.

7. What is the double meaning of Mrs. Joe’s having brought up Pip “by hand” (7)?

8. Who/what is “Tickler”?

9. Where does Pip put his bread-and-butter? Why? What does Joe think Pip did with it?

10. What are the “Hulks”? How is this related to Pip’s dilemma?

11. In addition to what he has been asked to bring, what things does Pip gather up for the convict? (bottom of p. 13)?

Chapter 3

12. What do the cow’s words to Pip say about his state of mind?

13. Who “was not the same man, but another man” (16)?

14. “Leave any for him? Who’s him?” (18). What does this question from the convict tell the reader about the original threat to Pip from the convict?

15. What is the convict doing at the end of the chapter, “the last [Pip] heard of him” (19)?

Chapter 4

16. Why is everyone coming over for dinner? What’s the occasion?

17. Who are the guests: Mr. Wopsle, Mr. and Mrs. Hubble, and Uncle Pumblechook?

18. What does Joe continue to give to Pip, as a gesture of sympathy?

19. What causes Pip to hold “tight to the leg of the table under the cloth, with both hands, and await” his fate (26)?

What is Pip’s dilemma over the “savoury pork pie” and whom does he run into when runs “for his life” at the end of the chapter?

English 231—Senior English Name:

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Newton South High School Mission Statement

Newton South High School, a community of students, parents, faculty, and staff

(1) Is dedicated to equality and opportunity for all; (2) Expects integrity; responsibility; and respect for self, others, and the environment; (3) Creates a climate of safety and kindness; (4) Encourages communication and personal connections; (5) Nurtures curiosity, creativity, and a passion for learning; (6) Fosters self-confidence and success for all learners.

Charles Dickens’s Great Expectations

Reading #2: Chapters 5-7 (pages 29-51)

LITERAL LEVEL. [Option A (Option B is on the back.)] MAIN IDEA. Write in one sentence the main idea or main events of the reading passage (chapter, section, story), the core idea that the writer wants the reader to understand.

INFERENTIAL LEVEL. Choose a significant or compelling line or passage from the chapter—write it down along with the page number—and briefly discuss the reasons for your choice. The passage should be significant beyond literal-level plot.

3. CRITICAL LEVEL. Choose an example of good writing—write it down along with the page number—and briefly explain your reason for your choice.

4. PERSONAL LEVEL. Choose a favorite phrase, line, or passage from the reading or any reason——write it down along with the page number—and briefly discuss the reasons for your choice..

[Literal Level—Option B—answer on a separate sheet of paper and attach]

Ch. 5

1. Why are the soldiers looking for Joe? How does he help them?

2. Why do you suppose Joe and Pip hope that the convicts are not caught?

3. What is Pip’s great worry about the convict’s being caught?

4. Why does the first convict give himself up?

5. How does Joe respond to the convict’s “confession” that he stole the file and the food?

Ch. 6

6. What reason does Pip give for not telling Joe about the event with the convict?

Ch. 7

7. Briefly describe Mr. Wopsle’s great aunt’s evening school.

8. Who is Biddy?

9. Pip writes a letter to Joe to show what he has learned in school. Can you decipher it into well-spelled English?

10. Explain in your own words Joe’s reason for not going to school.

11. What expression on p. 46 is Joe proud of having made up? How does this characterize Joe?

12. How does Joe defend Mrs. Joe’s behavior?

13. What is the news that ends the chapter?

English 231—Senior English Name:

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Newton South High School Mission Statement

Newton South High School, a community of students, parents, faculty, and staff

(1) Is dedicated to equality and opportunity for all; (2) Expects integrity; responsibility; and respect for self, others, and the environment; (3) Creates a climate of safety and kindness; (4) Encourages communication and personal connections; (5) Nurtures curiosity, creativity, and a passion for learning; (6) Fosters self-confidence and success for all learners.

Charles Dickens’s Great Expectations

Reading #3: Chapters 8-10 (52-77)

LITERAL LEVEL. [Option A (Option B is on the back.)] MAIN IDEA. Write in one sentence the main idea or main events of the reading passage (chapter, section, story), the core idea that the writer wants the reader to understand.

INFERENTIAL LEVEL. Choose a significant or compelling line or passage from the chapter—write it down along with the page number—and briefly discuss the reasons for your choice. The passage should be significant beyond literal-level plot.

3. CRITICAL LEVEL. Choose an example of good writing—write it down along with the page number—and briefly explain your reason for your choice.

PERSONAL LEVEL. Choose a favorite phrase, line, or passage from the reading or any reason——write it down along with the page number—and briefly discuss the reasons for your choice..

[Literal Level—Option B—answer on a separate sheet of paper and attach]

Ch. 8: Pip Visits Miss Havisham

In the opening paragraph, what metaphor does Pip use for the plant seeds in their drawers in Mr. Pumblechook’s shop? What does this say about Pip?

Note the description of Miss Havisham’s house on page 53. How does this continue the metaphor begun on the previous page?

How does Pip describe Estella the first time he meets her?

What does “grass growing up in every crevice” (54) tell you about the place? What is the name of the house, and its meaning? (55)

Jot down several details to describe Miss Havisham and her room on pages 55-56.

On page 58, how does Miss Havisham respond to Estella when she says, “Play? With this common laboring boy?”? What is the game they play?

How is the garden described on the top of page 62?

At the end of the chapter, how does Pip feel about being a “common laboring boy”?

Ch. 9: Pip Recounts the Day

Why does Pip lie to Mr. Pumblechook about his visit with Miss Havisham? What does Mr. Pumblechook’s response reveal?

How does Pip respond to telling Joe the same lie? What is Joe’s response when Pip eventually tells the truth?

What does Joe mean by “lies is lies. That ain’t the way to get out of being common”?

Just note Pip’s final thought at the end of the chapter, which begins, “That was a memorable day to me” (70).

Ch. 10: The Stranger at the Jolly Bargeman

From whom does Pip begin to study? Jot some description of the learning atmosphere.

What was the stranger in the Jolly Bargeman using to stir his rum-and-water (which he meant for Pip to see)? What does he later give to Pip? How does this arouse suspense for the reader?

English 231—Senior English Name:

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Newton South High School Mission Statement

Newton South High School, a community of students, parents, faculty, and staff

(1) Is dedicated to equality and opportunity for all; (2) Expects integrity; responsibility; and respect for self, others, and the environment; (3) Creates a climate of safety and kindness; (4) Encourages communication and personal connections; (5) Nurtures curiosity, creativity, and a passion for learning; (6) Fosters self-confidence and success for all learners.

Charles Dickens’s Great Expectations

Reading #4: Chapters 11-13 (78-105)

LITERAL LEVEL. [Option A (Option B is on the back.)] MAIN IDEA. Write in one sentence the main idea or main events of the reading passage (chapter, section, story), the core idea that the writer wants the reader to understand.

INFERENTIAL LEVEL. Choose a significant or compelling line or passage from the chapter—write it down along with the page number—and briefly discuss the reasons for your choice. The passage should be significant beyond literal-level plot.

3. CRITICAL LEVEL. Choose an example of good writing—write it down along with the page number—and briefly explain your reason for your choice.

PERSONAL LEVEL. Choose a favorite phrase, line, or passage from the reading or any reason——write it down along with the page number—and briefly discuss the reasons for your choice..

[Literal Level—Option B—answer on a separate sheet of paper and attach]

Ch. 11

Who are the toadies (What is a toady?) in the first room Pip enters, those people waiting to see Miss Havisham?

How does Estella treat Pip at the beginning of this their second meeting?

Give two physical details of the “burly man of an exceedingly dark complexion” on page 81. Also, what is he biting and what does he smell like?

Give at least three details of the room where Miss Havisham says she “will be laid when [she is] dead” (83)? (The description begins on the bottom of p. 82.) Also, what kind of cake is on the table?

Who does Miss Havisham say will come to see her “at last” (86)? Why are the toadies there in the first place?

Briefly describe the fight between Pip and the pale young gentleman.

What, at the end of the chapter does Estella give to Pip as if it were “worth nothing” (91)?

Ch. 12

What does it sound like Miss Havisham murmurs into Estella’s ear on page 94?

With whom does Pip have “complete confidence” and share is troubles?

What invitation does Miss Havisham extend to Pip and Joe? Why? Related to what?

Ch. 13

Why does Pip feel shame on page 100?

What is the formal result of Pip and Joe’s meeting with Miss Havisham? Who is Pip’s “master” now?

What is the “strng conviction” that Pip expresses at the end of the chapter? What is Pip preoccupied with?

English 231—Senior English Name:

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Newton South High School Mission Statement

Newton South High School, a community of students, parents, faculty, and staff

(1) Is dedicated to equality and opportunity for all; (2) Expects integrity; responsibility; and respect for self, others, and the environment; (3) Creates a climate of safety and kindness; (4) Encourages communication and personal connections; (5) Nurtures curiosity, creativity, and a passion for learning; (6) Fosters self-confidence and success for all learners.

Charles Dickens’s Great Expectations

Reading #5: Chapters 14-17 (106-133)

LITERAL LEVEL. [Option A (Option B is on the back.)] MAIN IDEA. Write in one sentence the main idea or main events of the reading passage (chapter, section, story), the core idea that the writer wants the reader to understand.

INFERENTIAL LEVEL. Choose a significant or compelling line or passage from the chapter—write it down along with the page number—and briefly discuss the reasons for your choice. The passage should be significant beyond literal-level plot.

3. CRITICAL LEVEL. Choose an example of good writing—write it down along with the page number—and briefly explain your reason for your choice.

PERSONAL LEVEL. Choose a favorite phrase, line, or passage from the reading or any reason——write it down along with the page number—and briefly discuss the reasons for your choice..

[Literal Level—Option B—answer on a separate sheet of paper and attach]

Ch. 14

What does Pip say is the “most miserable thing to feel ashamed of” on page 106? Why does Pip feel this way?

How does Joe indirectly keep Pip working at the forge?

What does Pip “dread” will happen “in some unlucky hour”?

Ch. 15

What is Pip’s interest/motivation in educating Joe? How does Joe progress?

What is Pip’s reasoning for going to visit Miss Havisham?

Who “slouches”?

How does Joe get into a fight with Orlick? How does this fight become important later on?

How does Pip’s visit to Miss Havisham go? What has become of Estella?

Who is George Barnwell?

What has happened just as the chapter closes (a cliffhanger!)?

Ch. 16

What information convinces Pip that the Mrs. Joe’s attacker is either Orlick or the strange man from the Jolly Bargeman?

What new role does Biddy play in this chapter? What is the riddle concerning Mrs. Joe’s attacker and how does Biddy solve it?

Ch. 17

What is the news that Pip gets of Estella during his annual visit to Miss Havisham?

What does Pip notice about Biddy since she arrived at their home?

What does Pip confess to Biddy on the top of page 128?

What is the advice Biddy gives to Pip when listening to him agonize over Estella?

Why do you think Pip continues to pine over Estella even though he know that she would make him miserable?

English 231—Senior English Name:

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Newton South High School Mission Statement

Newton South High School, a community of students, parents, faculty, and staff

(1) Is dedicated to equality and opportunity for all; (2) Expects integrity; responsibility; and respect for self, others, and the environment; (3) Creates a climate of safety and kindness; (4) Encourages communication and personal connections; (5) Nurtures curiosity, creativity, and a passion for learning; (6) Fosters self-confidence and success for all learners.

Charles Dickens’s Great Expectations

Reading #6: Chapters 18-19 (134-160)

LITERAL LEVEL. [Option A (Option B is on the back.)] MAIN IDEA. Write in one sentence the main idea or main events of the reading passage (chapter, section, story), the core idea that the writer wants the reader to understand.

INFERENTIAL LEVEL. Choose a significant or compelling line or passage from the chapter—write it down along with the page number—and briefly discuss the reasons for your choice. The passage should be significant beyond literal-level plot.

3. CRITICAL LEVEL. Choose an example of good writing—write it down along with the page number—and briefly explain your reason for your choice.

PERSONAL LEVEL. Choose a favorite phrase, line, or passage from the reading or any reason——write it down along with the page number—and briefly discuss the reasons for your choice..

[Literal Level—Option B—answer on a separate sheet of paper and attach]

Ch. 18

When was Mr. Jaggers originally introduced to the reader (see page 81)?

The title of the novel first appears in this chapter. What is its meaning here?

On page 139, Pip assumes he knows the source of the money he is to receive. Whom does he think?

At the top of page 139, two conditions are stated in the deal for Pip’s future support. What are they?

How does Pip describe Joe at the top of page 142?

Describe the awkwardness among Pip, Biddy, and Joe on pages 144-145.

How does Pip describe the “first night of [his] bright fortunes” (146)?

Ch. 19

On page 148, what question does Pip consider regarding Miss Havisham’s intentions?

Why have Trabb and Pumblechook changed their attitude towards Pip?

Describe Trabb’s boy and his relationship with Mr. Trabb? (any relation to Joe and Pip?)

What leads Pip to think that Miss Havisham is his benefactor?

Note Pip’s final line of the chapter: "and the mists had all solemnly risen now, and the world lay spread before me” (160). As a reader, are you optimistic or pessimistic about Pip’s future?

English 231—Senior English Name:

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Newton South High School Mission Statement

Newton South High School, a community of students, parents, faculty, and staff

(1) Is dedicated to equality and opportunity for all; (2) Expects integrity; responsibility; and respect for self, others, and the environment; (3) Creates a climate of safety and kindness; (4) Encourages communication and personal connections; (5) Nurtures curiosity, creativity, and a passion for learning; (6) Fosters self-confidence and success for all learners.

Charles Dickens’s Great Expectations

Reading #7: Chapters 20-22 (161-186)

LITERAL LEVEL. [Option A (Option B is on the back.)] MAIN IDEA. Write in one sentence the main idea or main events of the reading passage (chapter, section, story), the core idea that the writer wants the reader to understand.

INFERENTIAL LEVEL. Choose a significant or compelling line or passage from the chapter—write it down along with the page number—and briefly discuss the reasons for your choice. The passage should be significant beyond literal-level plot.

3. CRITICAL LEVEL. Choose an example of good writing—write it down along with the page number—and briefly explain your reason for your choice.

4. PERSONAL LEVEL. Choose a favorite phrase, line, or passage from the reading or any reason——write it down along with the page number—and briefly discuss the reasons for your choice..

[Literal Level—Option B—answer on a separate sheet of paper and attach]

Ch. 20

1. The coachman, worried about overcharging Pip, says, “I don’t want to get into trouble, I know him. What does this tell you about Jaggers?

2. List three things that are found in Jaggers’s office on the bottom of p. 162.

3. What is the name of the place where Pip will be staying, with whom will he be staying, and why is Pip going to this man’s father’s house on Monday?

4. Who is Mr. Wemmick?

Ch. 21

5. Why does Pip guess that Mr. Wemmick is a bachelor? (What clue does he have?) And how old does Pip guess him to be?

6. How does Pipa describe his first impression of the Barnard Inn on the bottom of page 170? What word (begins with d) does Pip use liberally during his description?

7. What was the first of Pip’s “great expectations”?

8. What do Mr. Pocket, Junior, and Pip realize about each other by the end of the chapter?

Ch. 22

9. How does Herbert describe Estella and her purpose given by Miss Havisham? What is Estella’s relation to Miss Havisham?

10. What does Pip mean when he says, “This was bringing me to dangerous ground” when talking about Miss Havisham and Mr. Jaggers?

11. What is the relation between Herbert’s father and Miss Havisham?

12. How does Pip describe Herbert on the top of page 176?

13. How is Miss Havisham’s half-brother described on page 178?

14. Why was Herbert’s father ordered out of Miss Havisham’s house? What did he warn her against doing?

15. How did Miss Havisham’s fiance and her half-brother work together? What did they gain?

16. On page 181, what do both Pip and Herbert understand to be Miss Havisham’s role in Pip’s great expectations?

17. How does Herbert answer when asked “what he was”? What does the next page reveal about Herbert’s progress in his career?

18. How does Pip describe Herbert on the top of page 183?

19. How does Pip describe Mr. and Mrs. Pocket’s children as being “brought up”?

20. What is the first impression you get of Mr. Pocket just as the chapter ends?

English 231—Senior English Name:

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Newton South High School Mission Statement

Newton South High School, a community of students, parents, faculty, and staff

(1) Is dedicated to equality and opportunity for all; (2) Expects integrity; responsibility; and respect for self, others, and the environment; (3) Creates a climate of safety and kindness; (4) Encourages communication and personal connections; (5) Nurtures curiosity, creativity, and a passion for learning; (6) Fosters self-confidence and success for all learners.

Charles Dickens’s Great Expectations

Reading #8: Chapters 23-26 (187-216)

LITERAL LEVEL. [Option A (Option B is on the back.)] MAIN IDEA. Write in one sentence the main idea or main events of the reading passage (chapter, section, story), the core idea that the writer wants the reader to understand.

INFERENTIAL LEVEL. Choose a significant or compelling line or passage from the chapter—write it down along with the page number—and briefly discuss the reasons for your choice. The passage should be significant beyond literal-level plot.

3. CRITICAL LEVEL. Choose an example of good writing—write it down along with the page number—and briefly explain your reason for your choice.

4. PERSONAL LEVEL. Choose a favorite phrase, line, or passage from the reading or any reason——write it down along with the page number—and briefly discuss the reasons for your choice..

[Literal Level—Option B—answer on a separate sheet of paper and attach]

Ch. 23

Vocabulary: "grinder" = private teacher or tutor of children of the rich

1. Where does Mrs. Pocket believe she has descended from?

2. Describe, from the bottom of page 188, the two young men who live with the Pockets--Drummle and Startop

3. How is Bently Drummle described by Pip in parentheses on page 190?

4. Describe briefly the “extaordinary” performance of Mr. Pocket’s (beginning at the top of page 191), his response to the cook’s misplacing the beef. (This response will occur again.)

5. How does Mrs. Pocket handle her children? Who seems to take the best care of them?

6. After dinner, where does Pip go with Drummle and Startop?

Ch. 24

7. Why does Pip ask Mr. Jaggers for money? (What does he plan to do with it?) And how much does he end up with?

8. On page 199 Pip sees two plaster casts of human faces. Who does Wemmick explain them to be?

9. What does Wemmick mean by “portable property”?

10. How does Wemmick describe Mr. Jaggers’s housekeeper, on whom Pip should “keep your eye” if he should be invited to dine a Mr. Jaggers’s home?

Ch. 25

11. How is Camilla Pocket related to Mr. Pocket? And Georgiana? How do they treat Pip, and the Pockets also?

12. How has Pip been spending his time?

13. Mr. Wemmick lives in a unique home, described from the outside on the bottom of page 205. Give three details of the place.

14. Who is “the Aged”?

15. What is meant by the expression on page 209 that “Wemmick got dryer and harder as we went along”?

Ch. 26

16. According to Pip, what is the significance of Jaggers’s vigorous washing-up practice?

17. At the bottom of page 211, whom does Jaggers take a particular interest in? What nickname does Jaggers give him?

18. Why does Pip use his memory of Macbeth to help him describe the housekeeper? What does Jaggers ask of Molly (the housekeeper), which he believes will impress the boys?

19. What is Jaggers doing in the middle of page 216 when Pip returns for a moment to apologize for his and his friends’ behavior?

20. What is the news of Drummle in the chapter’s final paragraph?

English 231—Senior English Name:

website: www.geocities.com/reinsteinalan email: [email protected]

Newton South High School Mission Statement

Newton South High School, a community of students, parents, faculty, and staff

(1) Is dedicated to equality and opportunity for all; (2) Expects integrity; responsibility; and respect for self, others, and the environment; (3) Creates a climate of safety and kindness; (4) Encourages communication and personal connections; (5) Nurtures curiosity, creativity, and a passion for learning; (6) Fosters self-confidence and success for all learners.

Charles Dickens’s Great Expectations

Reading #8: Chapters 23-26 (187-216)

LITERAL LEVEL. [Option A (Option B is on the back.)] MAIN IDEA. Write in one sentence the main idea or main events of the reading passage (chapter, section, story), the core idea that the writer wants the reader to understand.

INFERENTIAL LEVEL. Choose a significant or compelling line or passage from the chapter—write it down along with the page number—and briefly discuss the reasons for your choice. The passage should be significant beyond literal-level plot.

3. CRITICAL LEVEL. Choose an example of good writing—write it down along with the page number—and briefly explain your reason for your choice.

4. PERSONAL LEVEL. Choose a favorite phrase, line, or passage from the reading or any reason——write it down along with the page number—and briefly discuss the reasons for your choice..

[Literal Level—Option B—answer on a separate sheet of paper and attach]

Ch. 23

Vocabulary: "grinder" = private teacher or tutor of children of the rich

1. Where does Mrs. Pocket believe she has descended from?

2. Describe, from the bottom of page 188, the two young men who live with the Pockets--Drummle and Startop

3. How is Bently Drummle described by Pip in parentheses on page 190?

4. Describe briefly the “extaordinary” performance of Mr. Pocket’s (beginning at the top of page 191), his response to the cook’s misplacing the beef. (This response will occur again.)

5. How does Mrs. Pocket handle her children? Who seems to take the best care of them?

6. After dinner, where does Pip go with Drummle and Startop?

Ch. 24

7. Why does Pip ask Mr. Jaggers for money? (What does he plan to do with it?) And how much does he end up with?

8. On page 199 Pip sees two plaster casts of human faces. Who does Wemmick explain them to be?

9. What does Wemmick mean by “portable property”?

10. How does Wemmick describe Mr. Jaggers’s housekeeper, on whom Pip should “keep your eye” if he should be invited to dine a Mr. Jaggers’s home?

Ch. 25

11. How is Camilla Pocket related to Mr. Pocket? And Georgiana? How do they treat Pip, and the Pockets also?

12. How has Pip been spending his time?

13. Mr. Wemmick lives in a unique home, described from the outside on the bottom of page 205. Give three details of the place.

14. Who is “the Aged”?

15. What is meant by the expression on page 209 that “Wemmick got dryer and harder as we went along”?

Ch. 26

16. According to Pip, what is the significance of Jaggers’s vigorous washing-up practice?

17. At the bottom of page 211, whom does Jaggers take a particular interest in? What nickname does Jaggers give him?

18. Why does Pip use his memory of Macbeth to help him describe the housekeeper? What does Jaggers ask of Molly (the housekeeper), which he believes will impress the boys?

19. What is Jaggers doing in the middle of page 216 when Pip returns for a moment to apologize for his and his friends’ behavior?

20. What is the news of Drummle in the chapter’s final paragraph?

English 231—Senior English Name:

website: www.geocities.com/reinsteinalan email: [email protected]

Newton South High School Mission Statement

Newton South High School, a community of students, parents, faculty, and staff

(1) Is dedicated to equality and opportunity for all; (2) Expects integrity; responsibility; and respect for self, others, and the environment; (3) Creates a climate of safety and kindness; (4) Encourages communication and personal connections; (5) Nurtures curiosity, creativity, and a passion for learning; (6) Fosters self-confidence and success for all learners.

Charles Dickens’s Great Expectations

Reading #9: Chapters 27-29 (217-244 [37 pgs. (two nights)])

LITERAL LEVEL. [Option A (Option B is on the back.)] MAIN IDEA. Write in one sentence the main idea or main events of the reading passage (chapter, section, story), the core idea that the writer wants the reader to understand.

INFERENTIAL LEVEL. Choose a significant or compelling line or passage from the chapter—write it down along with the page number—and briefly discuss the reasons for your choice. The passage should be significant beyond literal-level plot.

3. CRITICAL LEVEL. Choose an example of good writing—write it down along with the page number—and briefly explain your reason for your choice.

4. PERSONAL LEVEL. Choose a favorite phrase, line, or passage from the reading or any reason——write it down along with the page number—and briefly discuss the reasons for your choice..

[Literal Level—Option B—answer on a separate sheet of paper and attach]

Ch. 27

1. How does Pip respond to Biddy’s news of Joe coming to London to visit him?

2. Whom does Pip want Joe to avoid meeting? Write down here the quotation at the top of page 218 which begins, “So throughout life...”

3. In the middle of page 218 Pip talks about a “boy in boots” and then refers to him as the “Avenging Phantom.” What is this boy doing for Pip?

4. What is the news Joe gives about Wopsle?

5. What is the news that in the middle of page 223 Joe delivers to Pip, news through Miss Havisham that makes Pip’s “face fire up”?

6. What is the “simple dignity” Joe expresses in his farewell words to Pip at the end of the chapter? (Why will he not be returning to London?) What happens when Pip goes out to look for him?

Ch. 28

7. Give at least two of the excuses Pip makes for himself for not staying with Joe on his planned visit to home.

8. Which of the other passengers on the coach does Pip recognize? From where?

9. What is the conversation that Pip overhears between the two convicts on the coach? What is the news of Pip’s convict?

10. In the newspaper article on the bottom half of page 230, who is being written about as Pip’s “earliest Patron”?

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11. In the beginning of the chapter, according to Pip, what is Miss Havisham’s plan for him and Estella?

12. Rewrite the line that begins at the bottom of page 232 which begins, “I knew to my sorrow...” What is it that Pip knows?

13. Who surprisingly meets Pip at Miss Havisham’s gate?

14. How does Estella say Pip has changed, near the top of page 236?

15. What does Estella say to Pip in the middle of page 237 that convinces Pip not to see Joe during this visit home?

16. What does Estella say at the top of page 238 about her heart? A few lines later, what does she say she means?

17. What does Miss Havisham whisper to Pip at the top of page 240?

18. How does Miss Havisham define “real love”?

19. How does Miss Havisham “(like everyone else)” feel about Jaggers, who has come to Miss Havisham’s for dinner?

20. What is Estella’s last name?

21. What is odd on page 242 about the way that Jaggers and Estella relate to one another?

On whom do Pip’s thoughts fall in the final paragraph of the chapter?

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Charles Dickens’s Great Expectations

Reading #10: Chapters 30-31 (245-259)

LITERAL LEVEL. [Option A (Option B is on the back.)] MAIN IDEA. Write in one sentence the main idea or main events of the reading passage (chapter, section, story), the core idea that the writer wants the reader to understand.

INFERENTIAL LEVEL. Choose a significant or compelling line or passage from the chapter—write it down along with the page number—and briefly discuss the reasons for your choice. The passage should be significant beyond literal-level plot.

3. CRITICAL LEVEL. Choose an example of good writing—write it down along with the page number—and briefly explain your reason for your choice.

4. PERSONAL LEVEL. Choose a favorite phrase, line, or passage from the reading or any reason——write it down along with the page number—and briefly discuss the reasons for your choice..

[Literal Level—Option B—answer on a separate sheet of paper and attach]

Ch. 30

What concern does Pip share with Jaggers, and how does Jaggers respond?

Upon returning to London what does Pip send to Joe to apologize for his not visiting when he was back home?

How does Herbert respond to Pip’s confession of love for Estella? And how, at the top of page 249, does Pip respond when Herbert asks him how Estella feels about the matter?

What does Herbert ask Pip to try to do at the bottom of page 250? On page 251, how does Pip answer the question?

What is the news Herbert gives to Pip on page 252?

6. Who is performing in the play they are about to go see?

Ch. 31

7. From the first paragraph of the chapter, guess what the play being performed is and what is the character Mr. Wopsle is playing?

8. Which character, already known, is “Mr. Wardengarver”?

9. What is the news Pip receives by mail just at the end of the chapter?

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Charles Dickens’s Great Expectations

Reading #11: Chapters 32-35 (260-286)

LITERAL LEVEL. [Option A (Option B is on the back.)] MAIN IDEA. Write in one sentence the main idea or main events of the reading passage (chapter, section, story), the core idea that the writer wants the reader to understand.

INFERENTIAL LEVEL. Choose a significant or compelling line or passage from the chapter—write it down along with the page number—and briefly discuss the reasons for your choice. The passage should be significant beyond literal-level plot.

3. CRITICAL LEVEL. Choose an example of good writing—write it down along with the page number—and briefly explain your reason for your choice.

4. PERSONAL LEVEL. Choose a favorite phrase, line, or passage from the reading or any reason——write it down along with the page number—and briefly discuss the reasons for your choice..

[Literal Level—Option B—answer on a separate sheet of paper and attach]

Ch. 32

1. What is the content of Estella’s letter?

2. What does Wemmick say is his reason for not wanting to talk further about his father?

3. On the bottom of page 261 Dickens gives a description of Newgate. What is it?

4. What is the metaphor Pip uses to describe Wemmick walking among the prisoners?

5. How do the guards, or turnkeys, feel about Jaggers?

Ch. 33

6. What is Estella going to do in Richmond?

7. In the bottom half of page 268, Estella comments on why she dislikes Herbert Pocket’s family, the toadies who fawn over Miss Havisham. Why, on the top of page 269, is she “beholden”, or thankful, to Pip?

8. What does Pip mean, in the middle of page 269, by “I went on against trust and against hope”?

9. How does Estella respond to Pip, on page 271, when he says he would like to visit her in Richmond?

10. Near the top of page 272, what does Pip think as he looks at the house in Richmond where Estella will stay, having just dropped her off?

Ch. 34

11. What regret does Pip express in the opening paragraph of the chapter?

12. What is the name of the club that Herbert and Pip join? What other name do you recognize as being in this club?

13. In the middle of page 275, what does Pip say about his and Herbert’s spending habits?

14. What do Pip and Herbert attempt to do over dinner regarding their debts? What, on the top of page 278, is what Pip calls, “leaving a margin”?

Ch. 35

15. How does Pip feel about the “assailant” of his sister?

16. Why does Pip use the expression “entangled” referring to Joe’s funeral attire on page 280? How would Joe have preferred to conduct the funeral?

17. What is Biddy’s new plan, now that she’s no longer needed?

18. According to Joe, what were Mrs. Joe’s last words (284)?

19. How does Biddy respond to Pip’s announcement that he planned to come home more often?

20. What is the news Pip receives by mail just at the end of the chapter?

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Charles Dickens’s Great Expectations

Reading #12: Chapters 36-39 (287-329) (end of Part 2)

LITERAL LEVEL. [Option A (Option B is on the back.)] MAIN IDEA. Write in one sentence the main idea or main events of the reading passage (chapter, section, story), the core idea that the writer wants the reader to understand.

INFERENTIAL LEVEL. Choose a significant or compelling line or passage from the chapter—write it down along with the page number—and briefly discuss the reasons for your choice. The passage should be significant beyond literal-level plot.

3. CRITICAL LEVEL. Choose an example of good writing—write it down along with the page number—and briefly explain your reason for your choice.

4. PERSONAL LEVEL. Choose a favorite phrase, line, or passage from the reading or any reason——write it down along with the page number—and briefly discuss the reasons for your choice..

[Literal Level—Option B—answer on a separate sheet of paper and attach]

Ch. 36

1. What news are Pip and Herbert both waiting for now that Pip is about to turn twenty-one?

2. What does Jaggers announce as the change in Pip’s financial arrangement?

3. On page 291, what “notion” does Pip “derive” from Jaggers comments on his involvement?

4. Why does Wemmick tell Pip that he may as well throw his money of a bridge? What does Pip want to do with some of his money?

5. How does Wemmick infer that he may have a different opinion at Walworth?

Ch. 37

6. What profession does the Aged tell Pip was actually meant for his son?

7. How much money does Pip want to give to Herbert? What is to be a condition of this gift?

8. On page 300, how has Wemmick made the arrangements for Pip’s plan to be a benefactor himself?

Ch. 38

9. Who is Mrs. Brantley?

10. Why does Pip confidently not feel the need to press his love on Estella?

11. What follows Estella’s line to Miss Havisham on page 305, “Do you reproach me for being cold?” …”I

am what . “

12. How does Miss Havisham respond when Estella asks, “What would you have?” at the bottom of page 305?

13. Who is walking in a “ghostly manner” in the middle of page 308? (Recall Pip’s image of Miss Havisham hanging from a beam earlier in the story.)

14. What information does Pip learn about Drummle on page 309?

15. How does Estella compare herself to a “lighted candle” on page 311?

Ch. 39

16. Who is the strange visitor?

17. Why has he come?

18. What is Pip's reaction to this revelation

in regard to himself?

In regard to Estella?

In regard to Joe?

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Reading #13: Chapters 40-42 (326-352)

LITERAL LEVEL. [Option A (Option B is on the back.)] MAIN IDEA. Write in one sentence the main idea or main events of the reading passage (chapter, section, story), the core idea that the writer wants the reader to understand.

INFERENTIAL LEVEL. Choose a significant or compelling line or passage from the chapter—write it down along with the page number—and briefly discuss the reasons for your choice. The passage should be significant beyond literal-level plot.

3. CRITICAL LEVEL. Choose an example of good writing—write it down along with the page number—and briefly explain your reason for your choice.

4. PERSONAL LEVEL. Choose a favorite phrase, line, or passage from the reading or any reason——write it down along with the page number—and briefly discuss the reasons for your choice..

[Literal Level—Option B—answer on a separate sheet of paper and attach]

Ch. 40

Describe the other man on the stairs that night when Magwitch reveals himself. What does Magwitch say about this man?

What is the name Magwitch uses as an alias in London?

Why is Pip repelled by the sight of Magwitch?

Why does Jaggers refuses to ackowlege Magwitch’s presence in London?

Where has Herbert just come from?

Ch. 41

What is Pip’s dilemma regarding ridding himself of Magwitch?

What is Herbert’s solution to the problem?

Ch. 42

According to Magwitch, what is the name of the second convict (whom we saw in the marsh in the early chapters)?

Who is Arthur?

What do we learn about a certain “mad lady”?

How does Arthur die?

What was the result of Magwitch's assault on Compeyson after their escape from the prison ship?

On page 349, what information does Magwitch give Pip and the reader about himself just before he says, “Stop though! I ain’t brought her in—”?

What information does Herbert add?

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Charles Dickens’s Great Expectations

Reading #14: Chapters 43-46 (353-382)

LITERAL LEVEL. [Option A (Option B is on the back.)] MAIN IDEA. Write in one sentence the main idea or main events of the reading passage (chapter, section, story), the core idea that the writer wants the reader to understand.

INFERENTIAL LEVEL. Choose a significant or compelling line or passage from the chapter—write it down along with the page number—and briefly discuss the reasons for your choice. The passage should be significant beyond literal-level plot.

3. CRITICAL LEVEL. Choose an example of good writing—write it down along with the page number—and briefly explain your reason for your choice.

4. PERSONAL LEVEL. Choose a favorite phrase, line, or passage from the reading or any reason——write it down along with the page number—and briefly discuss the reasons for your choice..

[Literal Level—Option B—answer on a separate sheet of paper and attach]

Ch. 43

What added danger do they now realize "Provis" to be in?

When Pip goes to Mrs. Brandley’s to find Estella, where does he find she has gone?

3. Where does Pip meet up with Bentley Drummle in this chapter? What is the reason for Pip’s awkwardness?

4. What are Drummle’s plans for that evening?

Ch. 44

5. Why does Miss Havisham lead Pip on to believe she was his benefactress?

6. What admission does Estella make to Pip on page 363? What is Pip's reply?

7. What is the message Pip receives upon returning home in London?

Ch. 45

8. Why is it necessary to move Magwitch?

9. Who does Pip assume the stranger to be?

10. What does Wemmick advise Pip to get hold of?

11. What is Wemmick’s plan for keeping Magwitch safe?

Ch. 46

Where is "Mr. Campbell" found by Pip?

Who are Clara Barley and Old Barley?

On the top of page 379, how does Pip describe the change he sees in Magwitch?

Why is Pip to obtain a boat?

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Charles Dickens’s Great Expectations

Reading #15: Chapters 47-50 (383-410)

LITERAL LEVEL. [Option A (Option B is on the back.)] MAIN IDEA. Write in one sentence the main idea or main events of the reading passage (chapter, section, story), the core idea that the writer wants the reader to understand.

INFERENTIAL LEVEL. Choose a significant or compelling line or passage from the chapter—write it down along with the page number—and briefly discuss the reasons for your choice. The passage should be significant beyond literal-level plot.

3. CRITICAL LEVEL. Choose an example of good writing—write it down along with the page number—and briefly explain your reason for your choice.

4. PERSONAL LEVEL. Choose a favorite phrase, line, or passage from the reading or any reason——write it down along with the page number—and briefly discuss the reasons for your choice..

[Literal Level—Option B—answer on a separate sheet of paper and attach]

Ch. 47

Why does Pip return Magwitch's unopened pocket book?

Who sits behind Pip at the theatre?

Ch. 48

Who does Pip feel Molly to be?

What reasons does he have for his suspicions?

What sort of husband does Jaggers think The Spider would be to Estella?

The phrase "over the broomstick" means "not legally married," and implies a common-law marriage. Who are the people who were "married" in this informal manner?

Hounslow Heath, about twelve miles west of London, was a maze of footpaths: What event transpired there?

Ch. 49

Why does Pip go to Satis House?

What does Miss Havisham ask of Pip in return for the £900?

What information does she give him about Estella?

Although Pip has saved Miss Havisham from the fire, how is she when he leaves?

Ch. 50

From what Magwitch tells Pip, what does Pip deduce?

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Charles Dickens’s Great Expectations

Reading #16: Chapters 51-53 (411-437)

LITERAL LEVEL. [Option A (Option B is on the back.)] MAIN IDEA. Write in one sentence the main idea or main events of the reading passage (chapter, section, story), the core idea that the writer wants the reader to understand.

INFERENTIAL LEVEL. Choose a significant or compelling line or passage from the chapter—write it down along with the page number—and briefly discuss the reasons for your choice. The passage should be significant beyond literal-level plot.
CRITICAL LEVEL. Choose an example of good writing—write it down along with the page number—and briefly explain your reason for your choice.

4. PERSONAL LEVEL. Choose a favorite phrase, line, or passage from the reading or any reason——write it down along with the page number—and briefly discuss the reasons for your choice..

[Literal Level—Option B—answer on a separate sheet of paper and attach]

Ch. 51

In confirming his conclusion, what side of his nature did Jaggers show?

Ch. 52

What good thing does Pip complete?

How has Pip's rescue of Miss Havisham delayed his plans?

When do they plan to put their plan into action?

Where does Pip go Monday night?

What happens to the letter which concerns his uncle Provis?

Ch. 53

Who captures Pip in the old sluice house? Why?

Why does Pip feel he was doomed?

How is Pip saved?

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Charles Dickens’s Great Expectations

Reading #16: Chapters 54-56 (438-465)

LITERAL LEVEL. [Option A (Option B is on the back.)] MAIN IDEA. Write in one sentence the main idea or main events of the reading passage (chapter, section, story), the core idea that the writer wants the reader to understand.

INFERENTIAL LEVEL. Choose a significant or compelling line or passage from the chapter—write it down along with the page number—and briefly discuss the reasons for your choice. The passage should be significant beyond literal-level plot.

3. CRITICAL LEVEL. Choose an example of good writing—write it down along with the page number—and briefly explain your reason for your choice.

4. PERSONAL LEVEL. Choose a favorite phrase, line, or passage from the reading or any reason——write it down along with the page number—and briefly discuss the reasons for your choice.

[Literal Level—Option B—answer on a separate sheet of paper and attach]

Ch. 54

1. 1.What news disturbs Pip when they got Magwitch as far as the public-house on the river?

2. How are his fears justified when they set out for the steamer?

3. How does Pip's attitude toward Magwitch change after the convict had been rescued from the water?

Ch. 55

4. What happened to Compeyson, who had prevented Magwitch's escape?

5. What kept Pip from taking a job with Herbert?

6. What is characteristic about Wemmick's wedding?

7. The "Pool" is a particularly busy stretch of the Thames between London Bridge and Greenwich: why is Provis to be kept here?

Ch. 56

8. How does Pip repay his benefactor before Magwitch escaped his hanging sentence through death?

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Charles Dickens’s Great Expectations

Reading #18: Chapters 57-59 (466-490)

3. CRITICAL LEVEL. Choose an example of good writing—write it down along with the page number—and briefly explain your reason for your choice.

4. PERSONAL LEVEL. Choose a favorite phrase, line, or passage from the reading or any reason——write it down along with the page number—and briefly discuss the reasons for your choice..

[Literal Level—Option B—answer on a separate sheet of paper and attach]

Ch. 57

Who has nursed Pip through his illness and paid his debts?

What does Joe tell Pip of Miss Havisham's generosity in death?

What does Pip plan to do after Joe left?

Ch. 58

Describe how Pip is treated at the Blue Boar upon his return home.

What is the news that Pip receives that changes his plans for marriage? What does he decide to do as a consequence?

Ch. 59

When Pip visited Biddy and Joe and their two children eleven years later, what did Biddy advise him to do?

What had Pip heard of Estella?

What change had come over Estella when he met her at the site of Satis House?

How does "a cold silvery mist" recall the end of the First Stage of Pip's expectations? Why is Dickens making this connection?

In what ways does the revised ending seem as believable as the original one?