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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 5: Chapter 1 | Book 5: Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Mrs. Tulliver go to see Mr. Wakem?
(a) To persuade him not to buy the mill.
(b) To convince him to give Tom a job.
(c) To ask him to help the family.
(d) To support him as he takes on the running of the mill.

2. Why do you think that George Eliot chooses to begin a new book, Book II, with the chapter in which Tom first goes away to school?
(a) It relates to a different setting and a different topic than Book I.
(b) Book I is getting long, so it is time to switch books.
(c) Tom has a birthday.
(d) She has not written about Tom previously in the book.

3. Why does Mrs. Pullet want to intervene in the quarrel between Mrs. Glegg and Mr. Tulliver?
(a) Mrs. Tulliver asks her to intervene.
(b) She does not want people in town to hear that her family is quarreling over money.
(c) She hopes to borrow money from Mrs. Glegg herself.
(d) She does not like to have family members arguing with each other.

4. Why does Mr. Wakem ask Mr. Tulliver to run the mill?
(a) It humiliatez him to work for Mr. Wakem.
(b) It givez Philip a chance to get to know Maggie again.
(c) It helpz him to get back on his feet again.
(d) It is a way for Mr. Wakem to help the Tullivers.

5. How does Maggie react to the aunt's criticism of her hair?
(a) She sticks her head in a bucket of water.
(b) She cuts it.
(c) She brushes it.
(d) She braids it and puts a hat on.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mr. Tulliver's accident cause Maggie to grow up?

2. How do Philip and Maggie become close?

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

4. Who is the one person Mr. Tulliver recognizes after his fall from the horse?

5. Why has Philip come to see Maggie?

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