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How many years passed between Pip leaving and his return to visit Joe and Biddy?
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Eleven years.
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On what kind of evening did Pip finally return to the old kitchen door?
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A late December evening.
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How does Pip describe Joe's physical appearance after eleven years apart?
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He is as hale and strong as ever, though a little grey.
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Where was Joe and Biddy's son, little Pip, sitting when Pip first saw him?
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On Pip's own old little stool.
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What advice does Biddy gently give Pip regarding his personal life?
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She tells him that he must marry.
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According to Pip, which two people besides Biddy have suggested he should marry?
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Herbert and Clara.
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How does Pip describe himself when Biddy suggests he find a wife?
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He calls himself "already quite an old bachelor."
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What does Pip mean when he tells Biddy that his "poor dream has all gone by"?
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He has moved past his former obsession and hope of being with Estella.
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According to the reports Pip heard, how did Estella's husband treat her during their marriage?
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He behaved with "great brutality, greed and meanness."
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What specific event led to the death of Estella's husband?
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An accident resulting from his ill-treatment of a horse.
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How many years before Pip's return to Satis House was Estella "released" from her marriage?
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Two years.
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What physical structure remains at the site where Satis House once stood?
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Only the wall of the old garden.
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What new quality does Pip notice in Estella's eyes during their final meeting?
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A saddened, softened light.
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What does Estella say has happened to the "freshness of her beauty"?
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She says it is gone.
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Despite the loss of her youthful beauty, what two qualities does Pip say Estella still possesses?
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Indescribable majesty and charm.
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Why does Estella feel she can now allow the remembrance of Pip into her heart?
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Her duty no longer forbids it because her husband is dead.
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What has Estella learned about the "worth" of what she threw away when she was younger?
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She was ignorant of its true value at the time but now recognizes it.
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How does Pip describe the act of parting to Estella?
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He calls it a "painful thing" and says their last parting was "mournful."
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What does Estella claim has been "stronger than all other teaching" in changing her?
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Suffering.
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What did Pip say to Estella at their last parting that she asks him to repeat now?
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"God bless you. God forgive you."
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What relationship does Estella ask Pip to confirm before they leave the ruins?
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She asks him to say they are friends.
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Initially, how does Estella suggest their friendship will continue?
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She says they will "continue friends apart."
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What is the final observation Pip makes as he and Estella walk away from the ruined Satis House?
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He sees "no shadow of another parting from her."
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Who was sleeping in Biddy's lap while she talked to Pip after dinner?
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Her little girl.