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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Why is Maggie admitted to society and invited to social events that are thought to be above her station?
(a) Maggie's mother takes it upon herself to make sure that Maggie is included.
(b) Lucy and Stephen want her to be included, so others include her.
(c) Maggie is assertive about making sure that she is included.
(d) Lucy personally asks her friends to invite Maggie to events.

4. Why does Mr. Tulliver feel vindicated in his choice to send Tom to study with Mr. Stelling?
(a) Tom is doing very well in his studies and impressing those around him.
(b) Mr. Wakem, the lawyer, is sending his son to study with Mr. Stelling as well.
(c) The aunts and uncles come around and feel that Tom's education is important.
(d) Mr. Stelling is planning to open a school and admit even more students.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How do Tom and Philip react when they first meet each other?

3. Why does Philip begin to play the piano badly?

4. Why does Lucy have a confidential conversation with her father the same evening that Philip first comes to visit?

5. What does the narrator say is the prime moral value of the Dodsons?

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