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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Maggie shocked to notice after the sale?
(a) Her mother's linens are gone.
(b) Bob arrives to offer what little he can.
(c) Her father is moved.
(d) Even the books are gone.

2. What does the narrator think about the system of sending boys to study with independent schoolmasters, such as Mr. Stelling?
(a) She thinks that it leaves a boy's education up to pure luck.
(b) She thinks it is wrong for boys to leave their homes to go to school.
(c) She approves of the individual attention that boys get from these teachers.
(d) She feels that girls should also go to school with independent schoolmasters.

3. Why is it particularly bad timing for Mr. Tulliver to lose the lawsuit?
(a) He has listed his household furniture as security to pay a debt.
(b) He is hoping to take out a second mortgage on his property.
(c) He hopes to be able to afford to keep Tom in school.
(d) He is just about to expand the mill.

4. Mr. Tulliver wakes up briefly to talk to Tom when Tom arrives home from Lorton. But what happens to him after that?
(a) He is fully restored to his senses.
(b) He lapses back into a coma.
(c) He realizes that he is paralyzed from the waist down.
(d) He has a premonition that he is going to die soon.

5. What is Philip's main drawback, from Tom's point of view?
(a) He does not care for fishing.
(b) He is not a pleasant person to spend time with.
(c) He already learns most of what Tom is studying.
(d) He is the son of Tom's father's enemy, Mr. Wakem.

6. What does Mr. Tulliver feel is his strongest reason for staying and working at the mill?
(a) His wife asks him to.
(b) He hopes to pay off his debts.
(c) He lives there all his life and loves it.
(d) He has no other job.

7. Why does Philip's deformity make Maggie feel more tender toward him?
(a) She feels sorry for Philip because he is made fun of in the past.
(b) She lacks confidence in her ability to inspire love in anyone who is not deformed.
(c) She likes to have her love appreciated by those who are not used to it.
(d) She thinks the hunchback is very handsome.

8. What character trait explains why Tom and Maggie won't take Bob's money?
(a) Arrogance.
(b) Avarice.
(c) Pride.
(d) Ignorance.

9. Why does Mr. Tulliver want Tom to study drawing?
(a) So that he entertains himself at times when he is bored.
(b) So that he becomes a good draftsman of buildings and bridges.
(c) So that he is well-rounded, understanding art as well as math and language.
(d) So that he someday becomes an artist.

10. Why does Mr. Tulliver fall off his horse?
(a) He has a heart attack while riding his horse.
(b) His horse loses its footing in the mud.
(c) He is intoxicated after drinking too much in response to the lawsuit's completion.
(d) He is shocked to learn that Mr. Wakem already holds his mortgage.

11. Which of the following character traits does the narrator feel is typical of the people of St. Ogg's?
(a) Grace.
(b) Courage.
(c) Callousness.
(d) Superstitiousness.

12. What does the narrator say is the most accurate depiction of the religion of the Tullivers and the other people who live in the village of St. Ogg's?
(a) Atheism.
(b) Christianity.
(c) Judaism.
(d) Paganism.

13. What kind of a job does Mr. Deane eventually find for Tom?
(a) A job working in the mill.
(b) A job working as a laborer on a farm.
(c) A warehouse job.
(d) A bookkeeping job.

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

15. 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 is too hot and wants to cool off.
(c) She does not want her mother to try to curl it.
(d) She spills something on her hair.

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. What does Mr. Tulliver force Tom to write on his own behalf in the Bible?

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

4. What surprise does Tom bring back for Maggie from school?

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

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