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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 5: Chapter 7 | Book 6: Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Philip manage to get Tom excited about learning?
(a) He becomes friends with Tom, who then wants to do the same things as Philip.
(b) He inspires Tom because he is so advanced in his studies.
(c) He explains the connection between education and business to Tom.
(d) He tells him stories of heros from classical mythology.

2. Why does Maggie continue to see Philip when she does not believe she is ever able to marry him?
(a) She thinks that if she sees him often enough, she stops wanting to be with him.
(b) She hopes that someday something changes.
(c) She thinks that in time, people forget about the bankruptcy.
(d) She can't stop herself because she treasures their time together.

3. What is Mr. Tulliver's opinion of lawyers?
(a) He thinks that they are beneath his social station.
(b) He considers them to be rascals.
(c) He wishes that he can afford to hire one.
(d) He admires them and wants Tom to become one.

4. Why do Tom and his friend Bob fight?
(a) Bob thinks Tom does not bring him along on his "Noah's Ark".
(b) Each thinks the other cheats at a coin flip.
(c) One wants to go fishing and the other does not want to.
(d) Tom feels that Bob insults Maggie.

5. Why does Maggie run away to live with the gypsies?
(a) She wants to visit a friend who is a gypsy.
(b) She is often been told that she is wild like a gypsy.
(c) She hopes the gypsies take her along when they leave town.
(d) She wants to buy something from the gypsies.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mrs. Tulliver go to see Mr. Wakem?

2. How does Mr. Tulliver's accident cause Maggie to grow up?

3. What is Maggie's one indulgence during the period when she is nursing her father back to health?

4. What does Maggie think of Tom's lessons with Mr. Stelling when she visits?

5. What does the narrator say it means when a young boy appears sheepish?

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