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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2: Chapter 4 | Book 2: Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does the narrator think about the system of sending boys to study with independent schoolmasters, such as Mr. Stelling?
(a) She approves of the individual attention that boys get from these teachers.
(b) She thinks that it leaves a boy's education up to pure luck.
(c) She thinks it is wrong for boys to leave their homes to go to school.
(d) She feels that girls should also go to school with independent schoolmasters.

4. Why is Maggie nervous about seeing Tom when he comes home?
(a) She thinks he forgets about her since he is away.
(b) She forgets to feed his rabbits and they die.
(c) She fears that Tom is upset about being sent away to study.
(d) She wants to convince him to take her fishing with him.

5. What does the narrator say it means when a young boy appears sheepish?
(a) He thinks you are strange.
(b) He is in awe of your wisdom.
(c) He is carefully listening to what you say.
(d) He is thinking of counterarguments to your views.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mrs. Pullet want to intervene in the quarrel between Mrs. Glegg and Mr. Tulliver?

2. How does Maggie de-stress when she is frustrated?

3. Why does Mr. Tulliver want Tom to study drawing?

4. Why does Mrs. Tulliver panic when she cannot find Maggie?

5. While Mr. Tulliver is talking to Mr. Riley about Tom, what does he confide in Mr. Riley about Maggie?

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