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Charles Dickens
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7th Grade
11/03/2011

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Charles Dickens date of birth
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February 7, 1812
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The age Dickens had to go to work as a child
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12
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Where Charles worked as a child
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a shoe blacking factory
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Reason Charles went to work as a child
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his father was sent to prison
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reason Dickens' father was in prison
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owed money
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Number of children Dickens had
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10
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Woman Charles Dickens married
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Catherine Hogarth
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Who Charles Dickens loved and his relationship to her
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Mary Hogarth, sister-in-law
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Who was a role model for many of his novels
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Mary Hogarth
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Date Charles Dickens died
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June 9,1870
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Name of cemetery where Dickens is buried
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Poet's Corner
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Church where Dickens grave is
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Westminster Abbey
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Number of novels Charles Dickens wrote
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15
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Most of Dickens novels exposed abuse of this people
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the poor
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Two words to describe Dickens' novel settings
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grim/unforgettable
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Dickens' characters in his novels were depicted as ____________
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humorous
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The people that Dickens created his characters after were actually ______________
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unbearable
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This word describes Dickens' childhood
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unhappy
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This novel comes closest to being Charles Dickens' autobiography
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David Copperfield
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Charles Dickens' novels made this happen
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reform (change)
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The reason Dickens wrote "A Christmas Carol"
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to pay the rent
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Where Dickens was born
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Portsmouth, London
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Charles Dickens first novel success
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Pickwick Papers
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Dickens was one of the first authors to write about these people
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children
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What Charles Dickens died from
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stroke
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