Great Expectations
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Chapters 20-30 Study Guide
1. What arrangements regarding money, housing, and education has Mr. Jaggers made
for Pip?
2. What are Pip's impressions of Mr. Jaggers' office and Barnard's Inn?
3. When had Herbert Pocket and Pip met before?
4. Why does Herbert not like Estella?
5. What is Pip's impression of Herbert Pocket?
6. According to Herbert, how did Miss Havisham's half brother feel about her?
7. What did the man whom Miss Havisham loved take from her?
8. What happened when Herbert's father, Matthew Pocket, tried to warn Miss Havisham
about giving to the man she loved?
9. What did Miss Havisham do when the groom did not show up on the wedding day?
10. What do some people suspect about the relationship between the man Miss Havisham
loved and her half brother?
11. What strange objects does Jagger's clerk, Wemmick, show off to Pip, when Pip returns
to Jagger's office?
12. Why does Pip like Startop better than Drummle?
13. Who are Mr. and Mrs. Camilla and Georgianna, and why do you think they hate Pip?
14. Describe Wemmick's house and garden.
15. Which dinner guest does Jaggers take a liking to, but at the same time warns Pip to
avoid?
16. In what ways are Joe and Pip both uncomfortable during their visit?
17. What information does Pip learn from the convicts' conversation in the coach?
18. How does Miss Havisham wish Pip to feel about Estella?
19. After Pip sees Estella again, how does he feel about her?
20. What does Pip tell Jaggers about Orlick?
21. Pip decides not to visit Joe when he returns to the village. What does this decision
reveal about his change in character?