Great Expectations Reading Questions Chapters 20-29
Stage 2 (Part One)
1. What are the two objects on a shelf at Jaggers' office that Pip describes as "particularly
swollen"?
2. What is the hired man's name who Jaggers and Wemmick are trying to prepare to be a false
witness in court?
3. Does the man ever figure out why the two are angry with him? Did you?
4. Note Jagger's clerk's name.
5. What is Pip's roommate's full name?
6. What three words had Pip used to describe this young man when they had first met years
before?
7. What relationship is Herbert's father to Miss Havisham?
8. What is Estella's relationship to Miss Havisham?
9. What is the subject of the long story Herbert tells Pip during supper?
10. Why did Herbert's father have a "falling out" with Miss Havisham?
11. With whom was the man who jilted Miss H at the alter working, in order to cheat and
humiliate her?
12. What is Mrs. Pocket's first name?
13. Because Mrs. Pocket was raised to "marry a title", what sort of skills did she not learn?
14. Who actually runs the Pocket household?
15. What was the fate of the two men whose head-likenesses are on Jaggers' shelf, according to
Wemmick?
16. What two words does Wemmick use to describe all the rings and brooches he wears?
(He calls this his "guiding-star")
17. Whose workday does Pip describe at the end of chapter 24?
18. After what kind of building is Wemmick's home modeled?
19. What is Wemmick's first name?
20. In what activity does Jaggers vigorously engage at the end of every workday?
21. To what odd thing does Jaggers' draw his guest's attention after dinner?
22. Who says "what larks"? What does it mean to this person?
23. What does Joe mean when he refers to Mr. Wopsle's "drop"?
24. What reason does Joe give Pip for not wanting to be seen with Pip in London?
25. Where does Pip decide to stay when he comes home to visit Estella? Why?
26. What person does Pip travel with from London to his home village that he had met many
years before?
27. While on the coach from London, Pip learns who sent the two one-pound notes given to him
years earlier. Who was it?
28. Who does Pip learn is describing himself as "the founder of (Pip's) fortunes"?
29. Who is the new porter at Miss Havisham's?
30. What does Estella tell Pip she does not in any way possess?
31. As Pip looks upon Estella's face and hands, he is disturbed by something that causes him to
repeat the question "What was it?' Do you know yet what it is that's bothering him? If not…you
will. (This is an example of foreshadowing.)
32. What two other people are present as Miss Havisham's, besides Pip and Estella?
Identify or explain the following.
a. Little Britain
b. "Have you paid Wemmick?"
c. Barnard's Inn
d. "Handel"
e. Mrs. Coiler
f. "portable property"
g. "The Aged"
h. "the spider"
i. Molly
j. "The Avenger"
k. "a bird 's nest with eggs in it"
l. "Love her!"