The Cricket on the Hearth

Charles Dickens · 1845

Ten questions on plot, characters and themes. Take it free. Pass 7 of 10 to ace it.

Question 1 of 10

What is John Peerybingle's trade?

A carrierA toymakerA bakerA blacksmith

Question 2 of 10

What does the cricket on the hearth mean in the house?

Bad luck is comingIt sings when the home is happySomeone is lyingA visitor will arrive

Question 3 of 10

What is John's young wife called by everyone?

DotBerthaMayTilly

Question 4 of 10

Who is Caleb Plummer?

A poor toymaker with a blind daughterThe village doctorJohn's employer at the innA rich merchant from London

Question 5 of 10

What has Caleb done to protect his blind daughter Bertha?

Sent her away to relativesDescribed their poor life to her as a comfortable oneTaught her a tradeHidden the truth about her mother

Question 6 of 10

Who is Tackleton?

A toy merchant and a miser, engaged to marry May FieldingCaleb's brotherThe carrier's assistantA friend of Dot's father

Question 7 of 10

Who arrives and lodges with the Peerybingles?

A deaf old strangerA soldier returning from warDot's motherA travelling doctor

Question 8 of 10

What does John come to suspect?

That Tackleton has cheated himThat his wife is deceiving himThat Caleb has stolen from himThat the stranger is a thief

Question 9 of 10

Who is the stranger really?

Edward Plummer, Caleb's son, home in disguiseTackleton's brotherDot's first husbandA debt collector

Question 10 of 10

How does it end for Tackleton?

He marries May as plannedHe gives May up and is softenedHe leaves the town in angerHe takes John to court

0 of 10 answered

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