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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. How does Mrs. Moss soften Mr. Tulliver's anger?
(a) She offers him a piece of pie.
(b) She praises his daughter, Maggie.
(c) She reminds him of their childhood together.
(d) She praises his son, Tom.

2. What does Tom want to do to make more money?
(a) Speculate by investing in businesses.
(b) Trade, by sending cargo out to foreign ports.
(c) Go back to school to get a better education.
(d) Get a second job.

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

4. How does Tom come up with capital to finance his venture with Bob?
(a) He saves the money from his work at his job.
(b) He gets the money from his Aunt Glegg.
(c) He gets the money from his Uncle Deane.
(d) He asks his father if he can use the money they are slowly saving.

5. What does the narrator think of Mrs. Pullet's grief over old Mrs. Sutton's death?
(a) She considers it to be genuine and sincere.
(b) She thinks it is intended to irritate the Dodson sisters.
(c) She considers it to be phony and contrived.
(d) She feels that it is unnecessarily melodramatic.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Mrs. Glegg react to Mr. Tulliver's letter?

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

4. What is Maggie's one indulgence during the period when she is nursing her father back to health?

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

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