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1.      When Pip returns to his village and the blue Boar, how do the people treat him?

2.      What is happening to Satis House?

3.      Who still believes he should be given credit for Pip’s fortunes?

4.      Pip returns on a special day.  What happens?

5.      What does Pip beg Joe and Biddy to do?

6.      Where does Pip go next?

7.      How many years is Pip away from London?

8.      When he sees Joe and Biddy, what additions have there been to the family?

9.      What has happened to Estella?

10.  Who does Pip find at Satis House?

11.  Which ending to the novel do you prefer?

12.  How has guilt affected Pip’s life?

13.  Explain why you think the love between Joe and Biddy is the only true love in the novel.

1.      What injuries did the convict sustain when he fell out of the boat?

2.      What verdict does the judge pass on him?

3.      What does Pip do after the sentence is passed?

4.      What doe Pip tell the convict before he dies?

5.      Who comes to care for Pip?

6.      What has happened to Miss Havisham?

7.      What has happened to Orlick?

8.      What does Joe leave in his farewell letter to Pip?

9.      Who does Pip decide to ask to marry him?

10.  1escribe the last days between Pip and he convict.

11.  How has the convict influenced and changed Pip’s life?

12.  Why does Joe become more distant as Pip becomes better?

1.      When do the four men plan to help Provis escape?

2.      Who tells them about the four-oared galley?

3.      On what day do the four meet the steamer?

4.      What happens as the steamer approaches?

5.      Who is the man in the other galley wrapped up in a great coat?

6.      What happens to the convict?

7.      What happens to Compeyson?

8.      What will happen to all of the convict money and possessions?

9.      Where is Herbert going to work?

10.  What position does Herbert offer Pip?

11.  How does Dickens use humor in these chapters?

12.  How is Mr. Jaggers used as a central figure who links all the other characters together?

1.      What two people write Pip a letter, and what do they say?

2.      When is Pip planning to help Provis escape?

3.      Who is going to help row the boat?

4.      Where is the steamer going?

5.      At what time is Pip to be at the marshes?

6.      Who is taking all the credit for Pip’s great expectations?

7.      What does Orlick plan to do to Pip?

8.      Why does Orlick consider Pip his enemy?

9.      Who killed Mrs. Joe?

10.  Who rescues Pip from Orlick?

11.  Describe Orlick’s plan to murder Pip.

12.  Write a character sketch of Orlick and his part in the novel.

13.  Why have Pip’s feelings for Provis changed?

1.      Who takes care of Pip’s injuries?

2.      What name does Herbert call Clara’s father?

3.      What did Provis’ wife tell him she would do with the child?

4.      Who is Estella’s father?

5.      Where does Pip go to confirm this story?

6.      Does he know his daughter is alive?

7.     How is the relationship between Pip and Mr. Jaggers now different?

8.      Will Pip keep the secret re Estella’s parents?

9.      Why?

10.  Which client interrupts Pip’s confrontation with Mr. Jaggers?

11.  What do you learn about the prison and court system in the nineteenth century?

12.  Describe the working conditions for children in this period.  How did child labor laws come about?

1.      Who does Pip believe is Estella’s mother?  How does he arrive at this conclusion?

2.      How did Mr. Jaggers first meet Molly?

3.      What does Miss Havisham agree to do for Pip?

4.      How much money will Pip need to set Herbert up in business?

5.      When Pip returns to Miss Havisham, how has she changed?

6.      What three words does she want him to write under her name?

7.      What happens to Miss Havisham?

8.      How is Pip injured?

9.      Where is Miss Havisham placed after the fire?

10.  Who brought Estella to Miss Havisham?

11.  Discuss the changes in Miss Havisham throughout the novel, and 12 what has brought these changes about.

12.  How is Molly’s past interwoven with Miss Havisham’s, even though they have never met?

13.  How has Pip’s character changed since he arrived in London?

1.      In whose boarding house is Provis now living?

2.      Where is it located?

3.      What is wrong with Clara’s father?

4.      How often does Pip go to see Provis?

5.      How are Pip and Herbert preparing to help him escape from London?

6.      How is Provis to signal to Pip that everything is all right?

7.      What name is he now going by?

8.      What does Pip have to do to try to raise some money?

9.      Whom does Pip see at the theatre?

10.  Who is sitting behind Pip at the theatre?

11.  Explain how Pip’s attitude towards the convict has changed from first meeting him at the Temple.

12.  Discuss the plans for helping Provis escape-are they practical?

1.      What favor does Pip ask of Miss Havisham?

2.      What confession does Pip make to Estella?

3.      Who does Estella plan to marry?

4.      Who are the two relatives Pip asks Miss Havisham not to include amongst the self seekers?

5.      How does Pip get back to London?

6.      What does the night watchman give Pip, and what does it say?

7.      Who has sent the warning?

8.      What two characters are responsible for relocating Provis?

9.      Where is he now living?

10.  Who is in London, and threatens the safety of Provis?

11.  Describe the confrontation with Miss Havisham and Estella at Satis House.

12.  Discuss the benefits of moving Provis to the same boarding house as Herbert’s fiancée.

13.  Discuss the friendship that exists between Wemmick and Pip.

1.      Who is Compeyson?

2.      Who was Arthur?

3.      What happened to Arthur?

4.      Who did Arthur see shaking a shroud at him?

5.      Who was the real mastermind of the crimes committed by Compeyson and Provis?

6.      Why does Pip fear Compeyson?

7.      Who accompanies Estella back to Satis house?

8.      Why does Pip return to the village to see Estella?

9.      Who does the man who helps Bentley Drummle light his cigar resemble?

10.  Why were Compeyson and Provis sentenced differently?

11.  How much influence can a person’s appearance have on others?  Cite the trial in your answer.

12.  How does Provis’ information about his background give us insight into his motives for making Pip a gentleman?

13.  Describe the relationship between Provis and Compeyson.

14.  Compare how guilt affects Arthur and Compeyson.

1.      What is the real name of Pip’s convict?

2.      What name is he traveling under?

3.      What is Pip going to tell his acquaintances about the convict?

4.      What will happen to the convict if he is found in London?

5.      Why does Mr. Jaggers keep referring to the convict under one name in New South Wales, and the other as liable to see Pip in London?

6.      Why is Pip afraid of the convict?

7.      Who is hiding on the stairs?

8.      Will Pip continue taking money from the convict?

9.      Discuss the effect of the mysterious man on the stairs.

10.  Mr. Jaggers says Pip had no evidence regarding Miss Havisham being his benefactor.  What did he think indicated this?

11.  Is it possible to separate yourself from the past? Discuss this in reference to Pip and the convict.

12.  Discuss the convict’s purpose and motives in making Pip a gentleman.