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Section #4: Chapters 6-7
THE BIG IDEA
NEW CHARACTERS
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Great Expectations: Chapters 6-7
1. At the beginning of Chapter 6, why does Pip feel bad?
2. Why doesn’t Pip feel ashamed for stealing Mrs. Joe’s food when he does feel guilty for not telling Joe
the truth?
3. What does Mr. Pumblechook make of the news that a convict had stolen the food? What does his
explanation reveal about him?
4. Pip says he was to be apprenticed to Joe. What is an apprenticeship?
5. Where does Pip get his education? In what ways does the author satirize public education?
6. What do readers learn about Joe’s childhood? Why didn’t he finish school?
7. Explain Joe’s play on the two meanings of the word “hammering.”
8. What motivates Joe to stay with his wife?
9. Create your own HOTS question to pose to your reading group.
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