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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Mr. Tulliver react to Mrs. Pullet's plan to mediate on his behalf with Mrs. Glegg?
(a) He decides to go to Mrs. Glegg himself and ask her to wait a while longer for the money.
(b) He decides to borrow the money to pay Mrs. Glegg back.
(c) He already has the money and pays Mrs. lregg back right away.
(d) He tells Mrs. Pullet how grateful he is to have her help.

2. Which part of the news about the family finances shocks Mr. Tulliver the most when he first regains his senses after the accident?
(a) The realization that he is bankrupt.
(b) The realization that most of his goods are sold.
(c) The realization that he cannot afford to keep Tom in school.
(d) The realization that he cannot pay back his debts.

3. Who is the one person Mr. Tulliver recognizes after his fall from the horse?
(a) Maggie.
(b) Yap.
(c) Mrs. Tulliver.
(d) Tom.

4. How do Philip and Maggie become close?
(a) They go for walks together around the village.
(b) Maggie begins to study with Philip.
(c) They spend a lot of time together while Tom is recovering.
(d) Maggie and Philip are united in their dislike of swords.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Maggie shocked to notice after the sale?

3. Why does Tom have a hard time at school with Mr. Stelling?

4. To whom does Tom go for advice about getting a job?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Maggie feel when Philip declares his love for her?

2. How does Mr. Tulliver react when Mrs. Tulliver tells him that Mrs. Pullet plans to intervene on his behalf with her sister, Mrs. Glegg?

3. What is Stephen Guest looking for in a wife? What qualities does he see in Lucy that appeal to him?

4. Using the descriptions provided by their parents (Mr. and Mrs. Tulliver), compare and contrast the characters of Tom and Maggie.

5. Why do Philip and Maggie grow apart?

6. What kind of person is Mrs. Glegg?

7. How does staying up late and talking to Lucy, during her first evening at Lucy's house, help Maggie to feel better?

8. Why is Maggie having such a bad day on the day after the aunts and uncles come to dinner?

9. Why do you think that Book Six ends with the chapter in which Maggie leaves Stephen and returns to St. Ogg's?

10. What kind of person is Mrs. Moss?

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