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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3: Chapter 1 | Book 3: Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator think of Mrs. Pullet's grief over old Mrs. Sutton's death?
(a) She thinks it is intended to irritate the Dodson sisters.
(b) She feels that it is unnecessarily melodramatic.
(c) She considers it to be phony and contrived.
(d) She considers it to be genuine and sincere.

2. What is Mr. Tulliver's main regret about his children?
(a) His children do not do chores around the house.
(b) His son, not his daughter, is most like him.
(c) His daughter, not his son, is most like him.
(d) His children do not get along with each other.

3. What happens to Maggie when she tries to hug Tom because she is so delighted by the music coming from the music box?
(a) Her uncle offers to play another tune on the music box.
(b) Tom hugs her back and forgives her for upsetting his house of cards.
(c) She gets in trouble for making him spill his cowslip wine.
(d) Her mother praises Maggie for being so well behaved.

4. What does Maggie discover when she finds the gypsies?
(a) She realizes that they just take her home again.
(b) She admires them greatly.
(c) She does not like them.
(d) She finds out that they are planning to travel away from the village.

5. What helps Mrs. Glegg to feel better about her argument with Mr. Glegg?
(a) He suggests that family is more important than money.
(b) He tells her that she is being foolish.
(c) He hints that he provides well for her in his will.
(d) He tells her that they are doing fine financially.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mrs. Pullet want to intervene in the quarrel between Mrs. Glegg and Mr. Tulliver?

2. How does Maggie react when Tom takes Lucy to the pond and tells Maggie not to come?

3. How does Tom react to his father's accident?

4. Who is Mr. Tulliver planning to send away to school?

5. Why does Mrs. Glegg get angry with Mr. Glegg the morning after they come home from visiting the Tullivers?

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