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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 6: Chapter 10 | Book 6: Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Maggie happy to run into Philip?
(a) She wants to let him know that she does not blame him for what happens.
(b) She hopes that he brings her some books to read or at least tell her some stories.
(c) She wants to tell him just what she thinks of what her father does to her family.
(d) She thinks that he may want to talk to her.

2. Why does Maggie come to get Tom at school during his last quarter at King's Lorton?
(a) Mr. Tulliver needs Tom to testify in the lawsuit.
(b) Mr. Tulliver becomes a farmer and needs Tom to work on the farm.
(c) Mr. Tulliver loses the lawsuit and has to give up all his property.
(d) Mr. Tulliver wants Tom to return home in order to run the mill.

3. Why is Maggie nervous about seeing Tom when he comes home?
(a) She fears that Tom is upset about being sent away to study.
(b) She forgets to feed his rabbits and they die.
(c) She wants to convince him to take her fishing with him.
(d) She thinks he forgets about her since he is away.

4. What causes Mr. Tulliver to wake up?
(a) He hears the family fighting about money.
(b) He hears Tom opening his tin box of documents.
(c) He hears the family coming in to check on him.
(d) He hears the sound of Maggie's voice.

5. What do Mrs. Tulliver's sisters tell Mr. Tulliver about the clergyman he plans to send Tom to study with?
(a) The clergyman recently stops taking students.
(b) Sending Tom to study with the clergyman is very expensive.
(c) A local lawyer, Wakem, is also sending his son to the same clergyman.
(d) There are recent improvements to the local school.

Short Answer Questions

1. What words does the narrator use to describe what she calls "the mental condition of these emmet-like Dodsons and Tullivers"?

2. Why doesn't Philip want to ask Maggie to marry him right away?

3. What does Mr. Tulliver feel is his strongest reason for staying and working at the mill?

4. What does the narrator think of Mrs. Pullet's grief over old Mrs. Sutton's death?

5. What happens to Maggie when she tries to hug Tom because she is so delighted by the music coming from the music box?

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