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

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

3. What does the narrator say is the prime moral value of the Dodsons?
(a) Delight in the goodness of life and of all human beings.
(b) Respect for life in all forms.
(c) Submission to the will of God.
(d) Revering what is customary and respectable.

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

5. Why is Mr. Tulliver in such a bad mood at Christmas?
(a) He is upset because Maggie wants to go to school as well.
(b) He is upset because he is not getting along well with Mrs. Tulliver.
(c) He is upset about a farmer using the river to irrigate his crops.
(d) He is upset because Tom is not doing so well in his studies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mr. Tulliver's opinion of lawyers?

2. What does Mr. Tulliver feel is his strongest reason for staying and working at the mill?

3. What action makes Maggie and Stephen particularly conscious of their attraction to each other?

4. When they finally meet again, what tool does Philip use to try to remind Maggie of their love for each other?

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

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