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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1: Chapter 9 | Book 1: Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the Tullivers think of their daughter, Maggie?
(a) She is hardworking but dumb.
(b) She is pretty and docile.
(c) She is obedient but foolish.
(d) She is smart and mischievous.

2. While Mr. Tulliver is talking to Mr. Riley about Tom, what does he confide in Mr. Riley about Maggie?
(a) He fears that Maggie never wants to leave home because she is so close to her parents.
(b) He fears that Maggie is sorry to see Tom go away to school.
(c) He fears that Maggie is popular with the boys when she is older.
(d) He fears that Maggie's cleverness leads to trouble when she grows up and becomes a woman.

3. What does Mr. Riley recommend that Mr. Tulliver do about Tom's education?
(a) Send him to study with a lawyer.
(b) Send him to study with a parson.
(c) Send him to the village school.
(d) Send him to boarding school.

4. What does the narrator say it means when a young boy appears sheepish?
(a) He is in awe of your wisdom.
(b) He is carefully listening to what you say.
(c) He thinks you are strange.
(d) He is thinking of counterarguments to your views.

5. Why does Maggie dunk her head in a tub of water?
(a) She is trying to make her mother think that she takes a bath.
(b) She does not want her mother to try to curl it.
(c) She is too hot and wants to cool off.
(d) She spills something on her hair.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Maggie leap to Tom's defense while Mr. Tulliver discusses Tom's education with Mr. Riley?

2. Why does looking at the new bonnet make Mrs. Tulliver and Mrs. Pullet so sad?

3. How do we know that Maggie tends to be rambunctious?

4. How does Tom spend his afternoon on the day that he gets home?

5. What do Mrs. Tulliver's sisters tell Mr. Tulliver about the clergyman he plans to send Tom to study with?

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