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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 has Philip come to see Maggie?
(a) He has a message from his father.
(b) He wants to do something to help.
(c) He brings something for her family.
(d) He wants to be friends.

2. What is Maggie's one indulgence during the period when she is nursing her father back to health?
(a) Her daily walk.
(b) The newspaper.
(c) Fresh fruit.
(d) The company of friends.

3. 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.

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

5. 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) She has not written about Tom previously in the book.
(b) Book I is getting long, so it is time to switch books.
(c) It relates to a different setting and a different topic than Book I.
(d) Tom has a birthday.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which part of the news about the family finances shocks Mr. Tulliver the most when he first regains his senses after the accident?

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

4. Why does Mr. Tulliver agree to run the mill, even though Mr. Wakem now owns it ?

5. How does Mr. Tulliver react to Mrs. Pullet's plan to mediate on his behalf with Mrs. Glegg?

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