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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. Why does Maggie dunk her head in a tub of water?
(a) She is too hot and wants to cool off.
(b) She is trying to make her mother think that she takes a bath.
(c) She does not want her mother to try to curl it.
(d) She spills something on her hair.

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

3. 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 praises his son, Tom.
(d) She reminds him of their childhood together.

4. While Mr. Tulliver is talking to Mr. Riley about Tom, what does he confide in Mr. Riley about Maggie?
(a) He fears that Maggie never wants to leave home because she is so close to her parents.
(b) He fears that Maggie is sorry to see Tom go away to school.
(c) He fears that Maggie's cleverness leads to trouble when she grows up and becomes a woman.
(d) He fears that Maggie is popular with the boys when she is older.

5. Why does Mr. Tulliver want Tom to study drawing?
(a) So that he entertains himself at times when he is bored.
(b) So that he becomes a good draftsman of buildings and bridges.
(c) So that he is well-rounded, understanding art as well as math and language.
(d) So that he someday becomes an artist.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does the narrator say that Maggie looks compared to her cousin Lucy?

3. Why does Mr. Tulliver change his mind about asking the Mosses to pay their debt?

4. Why do Mrs. Tulliver's sisters criticize Mr. Tulliver?

5. Why does Maggie leap to Tom's defense while Mr. Tulliver discusses Tom's education with Mr. Riley?

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