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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 Mr. Wakem decide to buy the mill?
(a) He views it as a good business investment.
(b) He feels responsible for the Tulliver family.
(c) He wants to run a mill.
(d) He wants revenge against Mr. Tulliver.

2. What does Maggie think of Tom's lessons with Mr. Stelling when she visits?
(a) She is delighted with the schoolwork and learns a lot herself while visiting.
(b) She hopes that Mr. Tulliver is happy with his investment in Tom's education.
(c) She thinks that Tom's education is useless when he returns to St. Ogg's.
(d) She is horrified by how hard Tom has to work in order to learn anything.

3. What do Mrs. Tulliver's sisters tell Mr. Tulliver about the clergyman he plans to send Tom to study with?
(a) Sending Tom to study with the clergyman is very expensive.
(b) There are recent improvements to the local school.
(c) The clergyman recently stops taking students.
(d) A local lawyer, Wakem, is also sending his son to the same clergyman.

4. How does the narrator say that Maggie looks compared to her cousin Lucy?
(a) Like a bright, sharp knife blade.
(b) Like a rough, dark, overgrown puppy.
(c) Like a newly blossomed rose.
(d) Like a cold, clear shaft of ice.

5. Why does Mr. Tulliver advise Maggie and Tom not to become too close to Philip?
(a) Because he is Mr. Wakem's son.
(b) Because he does not inherit any property.
(c) Because he is a hunchback.
(d) Because he is older than they are.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator think of Mrs. Pullet's grief over old Mrs. Sutton's death?

2. Why do Tom and Philip become closer again for a little while while Tom is recovering from his injury?

3. How does Mrs. Moss soften Mr. Tulliver's anger?

4. How does Tom come up with capital to finance his venture with Bob?

5. Why does Mrs. Tulliver go to see Mr. Wakem?

(see the answer key)

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