Chapter 54
For which locations are they planning on hailing a steamer for Provis?
THIS IS A DAILY DOUBLE!! 200 POINTS! Rotterdam or Hamburg
Who does Pip turn to for help?
Jaggers, for legal assistnce.
Earlier in the story, specifically in chapter 37, what does Pip catch Wemmick doing with Miss Skiffins?
Trying to sneak his arm around Miss Skiffin's waist, which she promptly rebuffed.
Name all that Pip has lost. Each item is worth 20 points
His father, his mother, 5 little brothers, Mrs. Joe, Joe, Estella, Miss Havisham, Herbert, Magwitch, his future wealth and inheritance.
Who is the sitter that heads up the 4-Oared galley that is following Pip and his crew as they escort Magwitch?
Compeyson
Where is Herbert going to go? What will his job be?
Cairo. A clerk.
Describe Magwitch's injurys.
2 broken ribs and perhaps a punctured lung.
Why is Pip going to be arrested?
THIS IS A DAILY DOUBLE!! 400 POINTS! He is falling deeply into debt. He owes "Hundred and Twenty-Three Pound, fifteen, six." Just somewhere in the neighborhood of $26,000 dollars today.
As they are on their journey, what does Magwitch philosophize on?
Being locked in prison, freedom, and the differences in how he was treated in the far-off world vs. England
What is Pip supposed to inherit?
THIS IS A DAILY DOUBLE!! 600 POINTS! A sum of money on a bank note from New South Wales and some valuale land.
The death penalty was abolished in the UK in 1964. Approximately 112 countries do not use the death penalty. Most of these are developed countries like Australia, Canada, France, Argentina, & The UK. While waiting for Magwitch, how many death sentences did Pip see doled out?
32
Complete the lines as they would apply to Pip's thoughts of Joe as he is caring for him during illness.
Temporary lay offs ... Easy crimes and rip-offs... Scratching and surviving ... Hanging in and Jivin' ... Ain't we lucky we got 'em ....
THIS IS A DAILY DOUBLE!! 800 POINTS! What larks! What larks! What larks! What Larks! What larks!
The grizzly, slimy, smeary fellow they see sitting in the corner at the public-house that they stop at has stolen what?
From the feet of a dead convict that had washed up on shore, that Pip saw - waterlogged boots.
What do Clara and Herbert offer Pip?
The opportunity to stay with them.
Who does Pip pettition to save Magwitch's life?
The Crown.
How has Joe changed? What did Joe do for Pip? And then, more surprisingly, what did old Orlick do?
He's become more educated. Joe cared for him. Covered all of Pip's debts for which he was arrested. Orlick robbed Pumblechook's house, tied him up and gagged him, drank his wine, and then had the nerve to take his cash-box. But he's in jail now.
They are almost to the steamer. The row boats clash, or are close. What happens?
Provis pulls the cloak of his captor. It's Compeyson. They fall into the river and struggle. Compeyson seems to be brutally ground up in the keel of the steamer while Magwitch escapes and swims back, but he is injured in the chest and head.
Pip plays the part of the best man for whom?
Wemmick and Miss Skiffins.
What is the final thing that Magwitch learns from Pip?
THIS IS A DAILY DOUBLE!! 1000 POINTS! That his daughter is alive, has powerful friends, is beautiful, and that Pip loves her.
If you are Arif, or you simply reject social climbers, people who romanticize their own suffering, or reject the idea that someone should seek out a relationship that is based on abuse and dominance, then it would please you to know what Pip plans to say to Biddy.
"... And now, dear Biddy, if you can tell me that you will go through the world with me, you will surely make it a better world for me, and me a better man for it, and I will try hard to make it a better world for you.”